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Savannah, Qa.
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fin!mh s Second Class natter.
Georgia Affairs.
tVdsrt wn narrowly escaped a destructive
j u;ration one nigh’ last week. A building
occupied by a liquor and cigar dealer was en
ured and set on fire. The flames spread
'. tir but were arrested by pulling down an
gdiofninfr building.
To rep roes in the Washington Jail at
tempt- ito escape one night last week. One
of them, however, gave the alarm, and on the
ay peiranre of the jailer each avowed that the
otber T as alone guilty. They had pulled up
c : > their cell a drawing knife and a piece of
Iron, supplied by friends.
A white rain came to DeSoto on Friday, and
ippropriated the wheel of a barrow belonging
t. a grocer. It was found in the fellow’s
vigor, bit on payment of costs he was allowed
The freight train from Macon, due at Colum
bus J P m - Saturday, did not arrive till near
ly 11 o’clock that night. The delay was caused
by the burning of one hundred cords of wood
and ;ree hundred feet of the railroad track
one m ii„ east of Howard station. The wood was
corded a 1 rg the line of the road, and it is sup
pose! that it caught from a spark from the en
Kine pulling the passenger train from Gool
vater to Macon. It was necessary to repair the
Hack before the freight train could proceed
on its way.
Mr. W. H. Studriill received a severe cut in
the arm at Nashville on Monday while endeav
oring bo prevent a difficulty. The cutting was
accidental.
A white man named Metcalf was stabbed five
hues by a negro named Sutton, near Rising
Fawn, a few days ago. The wounds are thought
to be dangerous, if not fatal.
Two empty vaHses were found In a well In
Atlanta on Saturday. One was marked “J.
IcVey.” By them was found a bundle of
papers, among which were letters addrewed
to -W. H. McK ty,” from Griffin, Macon and
Mcßae.”
Augusta Xeirs: “Two immense brick kilns
will be tired early next week for the use of the
King Mill. Mr. T. O. Brown has his funeral
pvre all ready across the river, and Bondurant
S Jop ing will soon fire the red clay taken
from the foundat on of the mill itself. In
about rwo wet ks the thousands of bricks will
be ready for us*\ and by that time the founda
tion of the King factory will be waiting for the
brick.”
Arlington .tdronee: “Last Monday morning
Mr. George Wiggins met Mr. W. P. Perry’s two
little bojs on their way to school. He took
them up in his buggy- They had not K one far
before Mr Wiggins bad to get out to adju-t
some part of the harness, and before he couli
8 "t back in the buggy the horse dashed off
| r W. held on to the lines as long as he could,
hip the horse soon outdone him. One of the
little lioys jumped out of the buggy and
escaped irjury. but the smallest one was
thrown out and his collar bone broken.’’
Athens Banner- Watch man: “Foe three times
in succession the store of Mr. John Wesley
Ball, near Treadwell’s mill, in Walton county,
was broken open. Mr. B. did everything in his
?>wer to capture the thief, but in vain. On
uesday night he set bis rifle in the store, so
that by opening the door the trigger was pulled.
Early in the night he heard its report, and pro
ceeding to bis store found the door broken
rpen and the floor bespattered w ith blood. The
perpetrator was tracked for three quarters of
a mile, and was discovered to be a negro man
named Code Hughes, who was found to be in a
dving condition. It seems that upon breaking
open the do rthe gun fired with deadly aim,
the !>all passing through the thief’s bladder.
He died in a short time, but refused to the last
to tell the name of his accomplice, although he
admitted having one.”
Atlanta Cott Appeal , 35th: “Mis Ella Hilton
narr wiy escaped a tragic death yesterday
afternoon while out driving in company with
a younger brother. The horse had been stop
ped at tee fountain at the junction of Peach
tree and Ivv streets, and the bit removed by
the little boy to allow the animal to drink.
Finding the bit released from his month the
•hor*e started on a run. and upset the buggy
against a tree in front of Prof. Peck’s house,
throwing the young lady with such force
against the gate that she remained unconscious
for some time after the accident. Prof. Peck
being a witness to the accident, the young lady
was taken iuto his house, where she was cared
for until the arrival of a physician. Dr. Ridley.
Her injuries were at first thought to be fatal,
but she has since so far recovered as to give
h'->ne of only a few days' confinement from the
effects of her fall”
South Newport correspondence Darien Ga
tetU: "It was thought last month and almost
up to the present date, that the turpentine
men who were cutting new crops this season
had a very fair prospect, from the fact that a
black beet e hau attacked the trees and that all
subject to their ravages would die. and as
nearly eTery tree showed signs of being infes
ted with them at its first cutting, the prospect
was indeed gloomy. lam happy to say that
from my almost dai'y inspection of the trees
in my immediate neighborhood, and a recent
tr.p in Liberty, showed that the ravages have
almost entirely ceased and very few trees have
died. It is thought by some that this beetle is
the progenitor of the worm commonly known
as the sawyer, whose attack is known to be
certain death to the tree, but this belief has no
good foundation, and it is hoped as this is not
an established fact the epoch cf danger has
parsed. The very forward spring has put this
class of croppers, the turpentine men. to their
trumps, the trees are yielding sap at an al
most rushing sp red and they are troubled to
gather it fast enough.' *
Columbus Timet, 35th: “Last night as Mr.
and Mrs. Cuquilia, an aged couple who occupy
rooms over Me Ardle’s tin shop on upper Broad
street, were about to retire, they were the
victims of an accident that came near costing
them both their lives. The old man. bad dis
robed and gone to bed and his wife stoo 1 by
the tire warming preparatory to doing so when
hr clothes caught fire. They were quickly in
Sanies and her hu-band cvve to her rescue,
tearing them off, but not before she was badly
burned. His own clothing caught fire, as d-d
also the ted clothing. They both ran out into
the hall crying in agony for help. Officers
Pickett and Duncan were fortunately near,
and. hearing their cries, rushed to their aid.
They soon pulled the remaining clothing of the
o'i man off and extinguished the fire in the
r - tn. Both of the old people suffered greatly,
and the c ffieers went for a physician, and find
ing I>r Thos. W. Tuggle, Jr., soon had him at
the scene of the disaster. He dressed their
wounds, and at last accounts they were rest
mg easier. The old man’s hands were badly
Jwrnt-d in his efforts to free b s wife of her
burning garment*.”
Athens Banner Watchman: “We yesterday
jMctiomrd tne fact that a little girl was burned
M Oath on Mr. Elder’s place, in Oconee county.
’ r ; t£*® we have seen Mr. Miller, who gave
Jr . foi l 'Wing horrible particulars: It seems
_ *' •bm" hand* on Mr. D. W. Elder's place,
“wuoshm Academy were clearing off anew
gmund and burning the logs and brush. About
noDn mestof them left for home, a colored
w man and her daughter, aged about 11 years,
remaining behind to attend to the fires
that the little girl began to
punch at a large heap, in full blame,
’“"Ob* of the logs rolled off, catching the
cut.d beneatn it and holding her securely. Her
brou £ht the mother to her assistance
Jr”, woman did all in her power to remove
n*- log and release the prisoner, but it was so
ueavy that her < fforts availed naught. In the
th ' ’, rn J the flames were slowly devouring
S* whose moans were heartrending.
fr„’ r4g some time burning to death. When
tTV * n they found only the charred body
Y .r” ri aD d an agonizing mother, who had
s • l ? rced to stand and witness her child
tortured to death before her eyes.”
®°* tnn thinks that the spproprl
y~°° °f ♦LiO.OOO for the erection of s gov
wnment building st Montpelier, Vermont,
M scandalous and outrageous. It
; ‘Montpelier is a quiet little town of
rinsi * roDl tbree thousand Inhabitants, in
uiing these living In the outfklrte, and it
no a,rt of need of a Federal building to
Dost 80 J. 4r f? e a of money. There Is a
,here - “and n internal revenue
““t perhaps, once In a great while,
*®*b nired States Circuit Court may hold a
£ioc there. Bat 1150,000 of the public
aJy .‘ 5 *? b* epent In the erection there of
r^ ett > ark ot 4 building for the use of the
“tborittee, the postmaster, the rev
"•colleetor and the court which may oc
u convene there. The money might
arr. k be s P* nt in the erection of a govern-
But to the great Dismal Swamp
nolir.v yon tfckle me and I’ll tickle you”
taoifli , en adopted at the national
Hon* ,* we m y expect a watte of mll
kniu,„ mone y for the erection of coetly
Point* " S State capitate and other
A Varied Performance,
can WOnder how p a^lter,* Ginger Tonic
40 perfom such varied cures, thinking it
®P‘ essence of ginger, when in fact It is
J ffay may vshaakie medicine* which
fc SwSSmT w * ry ***** organ. J
Savannah morning news
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
Florida Affairs.
A chicken thief dug his way out of jail at
Green Cove, recently.
Clay county claims to have but three
paupers.
Charlotte harbor is forty miles in length and
averages fifteen miles in width.
The estimated loss by the Are at Waldo, in
cluding buildings, freight, etc., is ffi.OOO.
Cigar makers are wanted in Tallahassee.
Telephone wires are being stretched around
Sanford.
EL H. Herndon, of Banfoid, has just finished
a centre table in which there are twelve varie
ties of wood.
A forest fire swept through Mr. F. L. Robert
son's premises, in Orange county, a week or so
since, and burned his orange grove and home
to ashes.
The Cracker learns that the Transit Railroad
machine shops are to be located at Waldo.
Arms for the East Florida Cadets are ex
pected to arrive soon, as the necessary bond
required to enable the board of trustees to
draw them has been given and approved.
According to the Pensacola Advance-Gazette
there are thousands upon thousands of acres
of government land west of the Chattahoochee
available under the homestead law.
Mrs. J. C. Thompson, of Green Cove Springy
was painfully injured one day last week by a
door which was closed by the wind, striking
her violently in the back, knocking her down.
At the Leon County Circuit Court Jane
Burke, who killed Ritta Bevins, another color
ed woman, last July, was convicted of man
slaughter in ths fourth degree and sentenced
by Judge Walker to six months in the county
Jail.
The burning of the cars on the Lake, Eustis
Railroad, by forest fires, was a greater calami
ty than was at first supposed. Five large
trunks and contents, belonging to passengers,
were consumed The total loss is estimated at
*5,000.
The Dacatur (Illinois) Herald of the 10th
inst. announced that Dr. W. T. Sylvester, Presi
dent of the Atlantic, St. John's and Indian
River Hail way, of Florida, had gone to New
York to consummate arrangements for a
speedy prosecution of the enterprise in which
he is engaged.
The following post offices have been discon
tinued: Belton. Nassau county; Dunn's Creek,
Nassau county; Fort Fanning, Alachua county;
Salem. Taj lor county; Saulsville, Volusia
county; Scrub, Lafayette county; Simpson,
Jffferson county; Tallulah, Lafayette county;
Tisonia Duval county; WillistOD, Levy county.
A young woman, named Christine Baroska.
living on Black creek, while recently engaged
in washing, set her clothing on fire and was
dreadfully burned before proper assistance
could be given her. The Green Cove Svring
says she has lingered for a week, and yet there
is no hope for her recovery.
A difficulty occurred at Green Cove Spriog.
Tuesday night, 21st inst, between W. J. Wi -
sod. his clerk, and Peter Anderson, colored
fireman on the steamer Port Royal. Dan Wil
son was struck on the head with an iron
weight, and Anderson shot in the leg.
Orange City Time*: “The late State fair will
greatly assist the southern counties in attract
ing immigration From what we can learn the
boom has been southward, and property in
that section rising in value the whole winter,
and since the faiiunquiries as to the southern
counties have greltiy increased.’’
The Episcopal Church at Longwood, Orange
count). has been completed. The inside of
this church is beautifully finished in planed
and varnished pine; slat seats with comfortable
backs, and floor nicely carpeted. The edifice
cost, says the Hanfnrd Journal, a trifle less
than *1 000, the main part of which fund was
generously donated by F. H. Rand, of Long
wood. and his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
ELI. S. Band, of Boston.
Jacksonville Union: "On Thursday a col
ored man by the name of Robert Emerson,
while m .king orange boxes at Penny man’s
mill, hatt the misfortune to have the fingers of
his right hand terribly mutilated. He came to
the city and visited, we leim. ore or two pby
ricians, who refused to dress the hand for the
reason that the unfortunate nun did not have
a sufficient amount of money to pay the fees
The man flnallr catlei on Dr. Fernandez, who
very kindiy furnished the chloroform and
operated on his hand. It was found necessary
to amputate the first and little fingers, wh le
the doctor hopes to be able to save the others.”
Gainesville Advocate: “Tuesday afternoon
about three o’clock the residence of Rev. W.
J. McCormick, pastor of the Presbyteri • n
church, this city, was discovered to be on fire
in the roof. In a few minutes a large number
of persons reached the place but there
being little water access'ble and no
ladders for use, the firs was uncon
trollable. The only thing that could be
effectei was the removal of the contents of
the doomed building. Most of the furniture
of the lower rooms was saved, but much dam
aged, that of the upper rooms and a large
amount of clothing were nearly ail consumed.
The loss falls on Mr. McCormick, who had
owned the place for many years, and it was
not insured. He was absent from home.”
A CRUISE OX THEUNITED STATES
STEAMER LANCASTER.
Naples Vemvlu* Herculaneum
and Pompeii—Tfeaatna—Egypt and
tl*e Pyramida—Difficulties of Camel
Riding, etc.
The subjoined letter was written by a young
gentleman of Savanns h, who is a midshipman
in the navy, off on a cruise, a fact which wiil
perhaps add somewhat to its intrinsic interest:
U. 8. Steamship La'cabter, Alexandria,
Egypt, February 21 .—Dear : As I wrote
to you on our way from Messina and mailed
the etter as soon’as we arrived, I determined
not to write until l returned from Cairo.
And now something about Naples I
should not care to follow the saying. “Bee
Naples and die,” for I think it is the dirtiest
city I was ever io, and the beggars are intolera
ble. The bay Is very pretty and old Vesuvius
adds to its beauty. Where we were moored
we had a beautiful view of Vesuvius, which is
getting more and more active every day now,
and at night the red flames cculd be seen
around the mouth of the crater, and bv the
aid of a glass we could sea pieces of red hot
rock and lava thrown from the mouth. I did
not cl'mb to the top of Vesuvius, not being
able to get away from the ship at a convenient
time. I went to Pompeii and Herculaneum,
however. A party of us took a carriage and
guide and went first to Herculaneum, which
was covered wi' h lava. Only a small part of it
has been excavated, and it looks very small
compared with Pompeii.
Pompeii, it is estimated, had a population of
about *10,00). and nearly ail of it has been ex
cavated. Most of the statuary, etc., found has
been taken to the Museum in Naples, yet the
city is very interesting It seems strange, how
ever, to 'walk up and down long-deserted
streets. There is one thing I can say for Pom
peii which I can say for no other Italian city—
it is clean. The Museum in Naples is a very
large one. an-1 there are a great many curiosi
ties in it, but the paintings and statuary are
very poor compared with those in Florence.
From Naples we went to Mf ssina. only stop
ping there long enough to “e~a! ship ” It is a
dull, uninteresting place. The only thing' to
be gotten there are oranges and opera glasses
Strange to say. you can g-t opera glasses
cheaper i* Messina than elsewhere in Italy.
From Messina we came here (to Alexandria),
having bad weather only one night, when it
blew very hard. In attempting to furl the
maintopsail a man was knocked off the yard
by the flapping of the sail, and falling on the
deck was instantly killed He was buried at
sea next day with the usual honors. The day
after we arrived at Alexandria I procured
three days leave and went to Cairo with
a party. We started about 10 o’clock
in the morniDg, and, as it is about five hours
ride, arrived in time to see the principal sights
of the city the same afternoon. Ia the even
ing we went to a French opera, and next morn
ing started early for the pyramids A great
part of the drive is along the banks of the Nile
and is very picturesque, and we met long cara
vans of camels and donkeys going into the
city with market produce.
After an hour’s drive we arrived at the
pyramids, which, with the Sphinx, a-e just on
the edge of the desert. There is a trine of
Arabs who live at the base of the pyramids
and assist visitors up and down for a con
sideration—in fact, strangers are not allowed
to go up without these attendants, as it is too
dangerous. I had three of these brawny
rascals to help me—two in front holding on to
my hands pulling, and one behind shoving;
and although I started very briskly, before I
reached the top I was vary glad of their help.
Coming down, two of them held my hands,
and the tijird tied his sash around my chest
and held the end. Climbing to the top is hard
work, but I did not consider it so
hard as going through the interior,
where we had to crawl through small, dusty
passages, and got almost smothered.
vfe returned to the city in time for lunch,
and in the afternoon visited the museum aud
bazars. It takes a long time to effect a pur
chase in this country, for the dealers always
charge more than one is willing or expected to
pay. and if one-half to one-fifth of the price
asked is offered, you can usually get the thing
bargained for.
On the following day I went to see the howling
and dancing Dervishes. Jack and I concluded
we would like to ride a camel, and so, sending
our guide, we soon had a couple of the brutes
ready. I must confess my first attempt was
not a success. The Arab owner made
the animal lie down, and I climbed
Khis back, expecting the fellow to get up
i horse. I braced myself accordingly and
held on tigut by the forward part of the saddle,
but instead of rising on his front feet, he got
up like a now, rising on his long hind legs very
suddenly. I accordingly went over his head as
if fired out of a gun, and landed on all fours in
the middle of the street, much to the amuse
ment of a crowd of “true believers” who were
delighted to see the “lugleee” take a header.
I was not hurt, and, ttying it again, was more
successful Jack, profiting by my experience,
did not fall, and we took a long ride. I rather
hired the motion, although it would probably
Sake a good many tea tick.
From here we expect to go to Joppa, Smyrna,
Constantinople, Athens and perhaps Trieste and
Venice, returning to Villefranchi by last of
March, and prepare for a northern cruise.
H. B, ft
THE NATONAL CAPITAL.
COLONEL BLACK PROPPED UP
IN BED.
Twenty Per Cent. Dividend from the
Freedman's Bank-The Tariff* De
bate—Republican Congressional
Committee—Pledgen In Favor—The
Agricultural and Post Office Bills—
Another Batch of New Measure*—
Mexican and ludlau War Pensions
—The Presidents'; Widows' Relief
Bill.
Washington, March 27.—This has been
the best day of Representative Black’s ill
ness. His favorable condition continues to
night. He is doing well. To-day, for the
first time since he was stricken, he was
bolstered into a sitting position, and re
mained that way for some time. He talked
cheerfully, aud his mind was as bright as
ever.
FREEDMAN’S BANK DIVIDEND.
Owing to the purchase of the Freedman’s
Bank building in this city, to accomplish
which a bill has just become a law, the de
funct Freedman’s Bank will bs able to de
clare a dividend of 20 per cent. This divi
dend may be divided into 10 per cent., to
be paid at a very early date, and 10 per
cent, to be paid In September, or the whole
dividend may be delayed until September.
It seems very probable that the latter
course will be pursued.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS
Messrs. Butler and Hampton presented
memorials of the Charleston Chamber of
Commerce in favor of a free ship canal
between the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays.
The bill for the admission of Dikota as a
State was recommitted to the Committee
on Territories along with the protest of the
Yankton county bondholders against the
admission.
The Committee on Public Buildings re
ported with an amendment the bill for a
public building at Shreveport, La.
The bill pensioning Mrs. Garfield, Mrs.
Tyler aud Mrs. Polk was passed.
The Committee on Appropriations report
ed back, with amendments, the agricultural
appropriation bill.
The tariff commission bill came up after
one o’clock, as the regular order, and pend
ing its consideration Mr. Dawes moved to
take up the Indian appiopria’ion bill.
Mr. Bayard deprecated any Interrup’ion ot
the tariff debate, in view of the unanimous
agreement for a vote upon the bill to-mor
row.
The Senate coinc'ded with Mr. Bayard,
and Mr. Van Wick was awarded the floor.
He opposed the bill.
The Senate informally took un Mr. Call’s
resolution, on motion of that Senator, de
claring that good faith requires the pay
men wP.h Interest of claims for losses and
damages under the treatv with Spain in
18SI for the cession of Florida. Messrs.
Call and Jones, of Florida, spoke at con
siderable length in advocacy of the resolu
tlon. No action on the subject was takeD,
and, at 5:20, the Senate adj ourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, Mr. Williams, of Wiscon
sin, offered a resolution requesting the
President to inform the House whether any
protocol has been signed by Mr. Trescot.r or
other dip omatlc representative of the Uni
ted Slates, setting forth terms for ending
the war in Soii'h America, and, if any such
protocol has been signed, to furnish the
House with copies of the same and also with
copies of the correspondence relating there
to not already communicated to either house
of Congress. Adopted.
The Appropriations Committee reported
back the post cilice appropriation bill with
the Senate’s amendments, recommending
concurrence with some and r.on-concur
rer.ee with others. Referred to the commit
tee of the whole.
Under the call of States, the following
bills were Introduced:
By Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama—Author
izing the Commissioner of Agriculture to
furnish seeds for planting purposes to per
sons in a destitute condition.
By Mr. Williams, of Alabama—Granting
lands to the State ot Alabama in aid of the
St. Louis, Montgomery and Florida Railroad
Company.
By Mr. Finley, of Florida—Authorizing
the Commissioner of Agriculture to secure
one hundred and twenty-eight acres of land
for experimental farms in each of the S’ates
of Florida, Illinois, Louisiana and Cala
fornla.
By Mr. King, of Louisiana—For the ap
pointment of a joint committee of five
Senators and ten Representatives to proceed
forthwith to the Mississippi Valley to inves
tigate the present disastrous floods in said
valley, and to report wbat measures should
be taken to prevent a recurrence of the
same.
By Mr. Robertson,Jof Louisiana—To pro
vide for closing such gaps in the Mississippi
levees as have occurred since November 25,
18S1.
The remainder of the day was devoted to
legislation local to the District of Columbia.
Among the bills reported from the District
Committee was one incorporating the Gar
field Memorial Hospital It was explained
that the object of the bill was to make the
hospital perpetual. Some of the numbers
opposed the bill and argued that, if it should
pass, the government would be called on to
erect a building and maintain the institu
tion, and that such was the design of some
of the incorporators named in the bill.
Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, offered an
amendment providing that whenever the
corporation shall apply to Congress for aid,
any appropriation made for the purpose
shall operate as a repeal of this act.’ Pend
ing action, the bill and the amendment were
recommitted to tte Committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia, with instructions to
that committee to report an amendment to
the general incorporation law of the District
of Columbia, by means of which the ho—
pital can be incorporated and be perpetual.
Under the present law no association can be
incorporated for a longer period than twenty
years. Adjourned.
THE AGRICULTURAL BILL.
The amendments of the Senate Committee
on Appropriations to the agricultural appro
priation bill change House items as follow.:
The appropriations of $25,000 for experi
mental manufacture of sorghum sugar, and
$l,OOO forthe continuation of experiments
In connection with the manufacture of sugar
from beets and for the cultivation of beets,
are reduced to one Item of $lO,OOO for
all such purposes. The House provisions
appropriating $20,000 for Investigating the
habits of insects Inlurious to wheat culture
and $5,000 for continuing the exploration
of the breeding places of the Rocky Moun
tain locust are consolidated, and the aggre
gate reduced to $5,000. The committee
wholly strike out the House Item of $5,000
for procuring and publishing data respect
ing the agricultural needs of the country
west of the Rocky Mountains.
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Republican Congressional Committee
met to night, and elected Mr Hubbel l , of
Michigan, Chairman. Senator Kellogg and
Representative Darrell, the only Republi
cans in the Louisiana delegation, were un
able to agree as to which should represent
their Btate on this committee, and the mat
ter was referred to the Congressional Com
ml'tee. to be settled by their vote, and Mr.
Darrell was chosen.
SERGEANT MASON’S SENTENCE INVALID.
Judge Advocate General Swaim has made
his report to the Secretary of War on the
findings of the court martial In the case of
Sergeant Mason. He holds that the sen
tence of the court martial is Invalid, by
reason of certain irregularities and in
formalities in the proceedings of the court.
A CLAIM FOR COTTON.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee
have agreed to report upon the claim of the
heirs of Emanuel Wileon for $75,000 for
cotton seized by the government at Mobile,
Ala, recommending that permission be
granted them to procure an adjustment of
their claim by the Court of Claims.
NOMINATIONS.
The President to-day nominated S. P.
Rounds, of Illinois, to be Public Printer;
Wm. A Pledger to be Surveyor of Customs
at Atlanta, Ga., and W. 8. Ob. Robinson to
be United States Attorney for the Eastern
district of North Carolina.
MACKEY VERSUS DIBBLE.
The sub committee of the House Commit
tee on Elections In the case of Mackey vs.
Dibble, from the Second district of South
Carolina, agreed this morning to report to
the full committee iu favor of seating
Mackey.
MEXICAN AND INDIAN WAR PENSIONS. _
The estimates of the Pension Bureau of
the amounts needed to pay pensions to sur
vivors of the Mexican and Indian wars prior
to 1846 are as followe: Mexican war, $65,-
380,480; Indian wars, $28,201,632.
Catarrh of the Bladder.
Stinging, smarting, irritation of the uri
nary passages, diseased discharges, cured
by “Buchupaiba.” Druggists. Depot, Os
ceola Batter, Savannah,
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1882.
THE FLOODED VALLEY.
The Outlook In the Overflowed
Sections.
New Orleans, March 27.—The crevasse
on the Arizona plantation is reported twelve
feet deep and two hundred feet wide. The
impression prevails that the waters from
this and the Landry crevasses will overflow
all the plantations on the left bank down to
Bonnet Carre. The reports indicate that
the entire Grosse Tete country is under
water. The back water Is rapidly encroach
ing on the plantations of West Baton Rouge.
Vicksburg, March 27.—The steamer Car
roll,from Sharkey,on the Tallahatchie river,
reports a fall of eighteen inches at that
point, and that many planters are preparing
to resume work. The compress here, which
has been under water, was opened to day
for business. The steamer Bunflower, from
Fasonia, two hundred and fifteen miles up
the Sunflower river, arrived this morning,
and reports the river as falling at that
point, with a total fall of two
feet at Campbcllsville, ninety miles
uo, and falling one inch in twenty-four
hours. An unusually heavy rain fell there
last night, which was of several hours dura
tion. From passengers by the Sunflower we
learn that, there is much dissatisfaction up
the Sunflower river with the manner in
which rations were distributed by the United
States steamer Anita, on her trip up. The
planters and laborers object to merchants
acting as distributing agents. The steamer
Ike Bonham, from Little Bear Creek, came
In to-day. A fall of seven inches Is re
ported in the creek, with a strong
current, which indicated a general decline
of the water. The Bonham went as high as
Gibbons’ landing, Sharkey county. She re
ports but little destitution in that section.
The planters generally think a good crop
will be made. The hands are generally
cared for and are satisfied. With a decline
of three feet many plantations will be out
of water.
Little Rock, March 27—The damage to
the track of the L’ttle Rock, Mississippi
River and Texas R lilwav, caused by the
fl jod, has been repaired, and trains have re
sumed their trips to Atkansas City.
POLITICS IN SPAIN.
a Tlie Ministry Attacked and Defended
Madrid, March 27.—1n the Chamber of
Deputies this evening, the Conservative
motion for a vote of ceneure against the
Ministry was supported by Senor Canovar
del Castillo, ex-Presldent of the council,
who vigorously attacked the general policy
of the government.
Senor Leon y Castillo, Minister of the
Colonies, said the Cubans possessed the
same civic and political rights as the
Spaniards.
Senor Alonz) Martinez, Minister of Jus
tice. defended the action of the government
against the trade syndicates. He said the
Ministers were ready to admit the right of
Parliament to review the acts of all public
authorises.
The opposition then withdrew the motion
for a vote of censure.
THE CZAR’S CORONATION.
Beatson* for Its Postponement.
London, March 27. —The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says
that the object of fixing the coronation of
the Czar for a late date is to permit the ex
hibition at Moscow, which will open In May,
to be closed before the occurrence of the
ceremony. It Is thought that if the two
events be simultaneous, the great concourse
of people attending the exhibition would
give an oppor’unity to the Nihilist*, who
are shown by the recent arrests to be con
centrating their forces In Moscow. A scheme
is under consideration for enrolling a num
ber of inhabitant to act as special consta
bles (luring the coronation.
KILLED IN A STORM.
Destructive ft ale In Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg, March 27.—A special from
Evanc-burg, Crawford county, Pa., says:
“DuriDg a severe gale this afternoon a three
story brick house in course of erection was
blown down, and Wo. Hunt and Frank
McDonald were killed. Jno. Houser and
Wm Shaile were fatally and five others
slightly Injured.” A similar accident oc
curred here to-day, the wind blowing down
a frame house and fatally Injuring John
Atkinson and Patrick Gahan, two workmen.
Weather Indications. *
Oefice Chje? SroNAL Observer, Wash
ington, D. C., March 27.—Indications for
Tuesday:
In the South Atlantic States, light rain*
followed by partly cloudy weather, varia
ble winds, mostly from southwest to north
west, followed by higher barometer, and
stationary or a slight fall in temperature.
In the Middle States, light rains fol
lowed by clearing, slightly cooler weath
er, northwest to southwest winds, and
higher barometer.
In the Gulf States, occasional rains, fol
low and by cooler partly cloudy weather,
variable winds, mostly from north to west,
and higher barometer.
Iu Tennessee and the Ohio valley, local
rains followed by clearing slightly cooler
weather, north to west winds, becoming
variable, and higher barometer.
American Pork In France.
Paris, March 27.—The Chamber of Depu
ties to-day voted “urgency” for the minis
terial bill revoking tbe prohibition of the
importation of American pork. M. Gauden
condemned the absence of precautions for
tbe protection cf the public health, and
dwelt on the danger from trichinosis. M.
Tierard, Minister of Commerce, replied
that tht [government was obliged to rescind
the prohibition on account of the diflicultv
of selecting anv of the complicated
measures for inspection, which, he said, the
present bill simplified. American packers
would take greater precautions when they
knew that their goods would be more
minutely examined. The debate was ad
journed until to-morrow.
Creation ol Cardinal*.
Rome, March 27.—At a consistory held to
day the Pope created Cardinals including
Archbishop McCabe of Dublin, Archbishop
Lavigerie of Algbrs, and Archbishop Luch
of Seville. His Holiness afterward deliv
ered an allocution on the position of the
church.
The Pope on Saturday received Archbishop
McCabe, of Dublin, with the greatest cor
diality.
Cotton Future* lu New York.
New York, March 27.—The ib.s<’s cotton
report sayt: “Futures opened 2-100 lower
and lost another 1 to 2-100,recovered the loss
and advanced 3 to 4-100 above last Satur
day’s closing quotations. The advance was
not sustained, but the third call displayed
r gain great firmness. May brought 12 32,
June 12 50 to 12 51, July 12 68, the highest
prices of the day.”
Terrific Powder Explosion.
San Francisco, March 27.— Three ton*
of powder exploded to-day in the Vulcan
Powder Company’s works in Alameda coun
ty, near Oakland, killing eleven men, five
white and six Chinese. Four men, all
white, were injured. The loss Is about
*25,000.
The Lawrence Labor Trouble*.
Lawrence. Mass., March 27.—The Pacific
corporation notified its help to-dav that
those in need who are not strikers will have
their necessities attended to on application
at the company’s counting room. This Is
generally accepted as an indication that the
mills will remain closed for a month.
Two Brothers Burned to Deatb.
New Haven, Conn., March 27.—At a fire
in West Ansonia this morning two brothers
—James Bassett, aged nineteen, and Elliott
Bassett, aged twenty one—perished in the
flames. Three wooden houses were burned.
Loss about *16,000.
Virginia Coupon*.
Richmond, March 27.—Suit was begun to
day In the Supreme Court of Appeals of
Virginia, the object of which is to have the
legislation of last, session, now In force, af
fecting the value of coupon*, known as the
“coupon killer” bills, declared unconstitu
tional and void.
Mr. Clifford F. Hudson, of Elmira, N. Y.,
says i “My aged mother suffered greatly
from poor digestion and general debility.
She was always complaining of her liver,
and her bowels often pained her greatly.
She was very weak. I bought her a bottle
of Brown’s Iron Bitters, and she says ; ‘lt
goes right to the spot, Clifford.’ She has
greatly lmoroved ilnce using this excellent
medicine.”
A GEORGIA CYCLONE.
GREAT DESTRUCTION WROUGHT
The Storm Severe In Berks County -
A Child Killed and a Lady Injured
—Homes and Trees Prostrated
from Macon to SandersvDle—A
Number of People Bart.
Watnesboro, Ga., March 27.—A destruc
tive wind swept over the country four or
five miles northeast of this place to-day.
The dining room of Mr. James M. Ward, an
estimable gentleman living in the section
visited by the cyclone, was blown to pieces
while the family were at dinner. His little
son, Gilbert, four years old, was killed, and
Miss Dunlap, a member of the family, re
ceived painful Injuries, but it is hoped that
they are not of a serious nature.
Personal Id jury Is reported from no other
quarter than that above mentioned, al
though houses are said to have been de
stroyed on every plantation yet heard from.
Among those heard from whose loss is
heavy In consequence of the storm are
Messers. John J. Jones, E A. Carter andß.
Bteiner. It is supposed that a number of
others have suffered greatly.
The storm is said to have been destructive
to everything In Its course. All the public
roads are seriously obstructedby fallen trees.
Macon, Ga.. March 27.—A tornado to
day did considerable damage to property
near here, and along the Central Railroad
as far as Sandersville. Dwellings, barns,
gin houses, cabins and trees were destroyed.
MaDy persons were injured. No fatal acci
dents are reported. The tornado was very
violent, and about one thousand yards wide.
It moved from west to east.
The New York Stock Market.
New York, March 27. —The stock market
opened strong,and %to 1 % per cent, higher
than S.aiurd&y’s closing prices, Louisville
and Nashville, Lake Erie and Western, Bt.
Louis and Ban Francitco first p-eferred, and
Manhattan being most prominent in the
advance.
In t he early dealings, after a (incline of %
to % per cent., Western Union, Denver and
Rio Grande and Louisville and Nashville
being most, prominent therein, the market
sold up % to \% per cent, Colorado
Coal, Bt. Paul, Denver and Rio Grande,
New Jersey Central, East Tennessee pre
ferred, Louisville and Nashville being con
spicuous in the upward movement.
Towards noon a general reaction of % to
1 per cent, took place, the latter for New
Jersey Central and East Tennessee preferred.
From then to the close there was an almost
uniute’-’-upted advance. At the close prices
were % to per cent, higher than at
Saturday’s close, Richmond and Danville,
St. Paul, Western Union, Denver and Rio
Grande, Louisville and Nashville, and New
Jersey Central being prominent in the ad
vance. In the final dealirgi Memphis and
Charleston fell (if 1 per ceut., but the gen
eral market closed strong at the highest
figures of the day. Transactions aggregated
510,000 shares.
Breadstuff* lu Britain.
London, March 27.—The Mark Lane Ex
press in its review of the British grain trade
during the past week says: “There has
been a short spell of wintry weather. The
crops continue to look wonderfully well.
Tne provincial markets were sparingly sup
plied with English wheat, and the first,
samples were generally Is. higher.
Flour was more difficult to sell and
was occasionally cheaper. Foreign
wheat closed less buoyant. Foreign'
flour closed cheaper. The quantity afloat
is constantly increasing, although a large
proportion of the American flour Is not veiy
saleable, and tends to clog the market. Maize
was more difficult of sale, although an occa
sional 3(h. 6d. was paid for Macdamm. On
Wednesday cargoes were very quiet. Red
winter declined 63. Twelve cargoes ar
rived. Four were sold, and one was with
drawn. Some California and two Oregon
cargoes remain. The trade in forward was
very inanimate. The sales of English wheat
during the week were 35,722 quarters at 445.
sd. per quarter, against 31,190 quarters at
435. Id , during the corresponding week
last year.”
America’* “Phantom” Fleet.
London, March 27.—The Times , com
menting on the approaching completion of
five American monitors, says: “America
owes it to her honor and greatness to pos
sess a flet which Ehall be more than a
phantom.”
Tbe Missouri Legislature Called.
St. Louis, March 27.— Governor Critten
den has called an ex'ra session of the Legis
lature to convene on Wednesday, April
19th, to redistrict the State under the late
apportionment act of Congress.
Mailers In Tunis.
Tunis, March 27.—Large reinforcements
of French troops are arriving daily. The
garrison at Sftix has been doubled. The
telegraph line between Gabes and Sfax has
been cut.
Wrecked on the Hudson.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., March 27.— The
Hudson river steamer Thomas Cornell ran
on the rocks ten mtles south of Newburg
to-night, and i9 a total loss. All hands were
sived.
senator Hill Much Better.
Philadelphia, March 27.— Senator Benj.
H. Hill is to-day reported by his physicians
as being much better. He will remain here
for several days.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
Shipherd is still sick with neuralgia and
erysipelas.
Thomas & Oxley, merchants of London
and Liverpool, have failed. Liabilities
£75,000.
The coasting steamer Pelton has founder
ed in Bristol channel. Eighteen persons
were drowned.
C. W. Trtzoul, Republican, has been
elected Senator for Fotx, and M. Delbreil,
Legitimist, for Montautan.
Tbe crop prospects throughout Kansas
and Illinois are reported excellent. In Kan
sas the wheat is “a month in advance of the
season.”
Senator Kellogg yesterday introduced a
bill into the Senate to Increase the annual
salary of the Surveyor of the Port of New
Orleans from *3,000 to *4,500.
The London News s’ates that Mr. Gurney,
ex-Mayor of Northampton, has Instituted
proceedings against Mr. Bradlaugh in order
to compel him to perform his Parliamentary
duties.
The New York Cotton Exchange has, In
response to representations fiom Liverpool,
taken official action In regard to the report
ed fraudulent packing of sand in cotton,
and a committee has been appointed to ex
amine into the complaint.
Canon Fleming, at Westminster Abbey,
last evening, said: “There are now so many
objects of common interest which make
America aid England one in friendship and
sympathy that Longfellow’s death will be
as sincerely mourned here as in the United
States.”
The Hou c e Committee on Post Offices
have considered Mr. Bingham’s money
order bill. It was decided to recommend
the reduction of fees on money orders of
less than five dollars from ten to seven
cents, and to increase tbe maximum money
order issue from *5O to *lOO.
The Senate of Wisconsin has adopted a
Congressional apportionment bill, which,
it is said, will give the Democrats two Con
gressmen from that State, if not three. The
plan is due to the fusion of the Democrats
with a faction of the Republicans. Leading
Republicans throughout the State are very
Indignant, and protest against the bill.
Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, President
of the British Board of Trade, recently de
clared that protection in America was Intro
duced as a temporary measure to stimulate
infant Industries, and that of tbe total
amount of exp arts from America 90 per
cent, consisted of food and raw material,
which were not subject to a protective
tariff at all, so that their foreign trade in
protected manufactures was an
nihilated.
Geo. K. Lane, banker, a*d until three
months ago County Treasurer at Exeter,
New Hampshire, failed I- fy, and con
fessed that he bad embezzled about *25,000
of the county funds and over *20,000 of his
depositors’ money. He surrendered to the
Sheriff, and is now in custody at Ports
mouth. Stock speculation caused his ruin.
Lane is also President of the Union Five
Cent. Savings Bank of Exeter, but its direc
tors say that it is not affected. A later dis
patch says Lane confesses liabilities amount
ing to *63,000, while his assets are only
*2,000. _
The ready relief given to asthma and sum
mer colds by Brown’s Iron Bitters Is so satis
factory that many speak of it as a complete
core.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
How a Woman Cornered Honest
John Sherman-Life Savins Sta
tions on the Florida Coast.
Washington', March 36.—There is a Demo
crat in the office of the United States Treasury.
This mar seem strange, in view of the fact
that the man remained in office all during the
administration of Secretary Sherman. He was
appointed years ago. It is not Secretary Sher
man’s fault that this Democrat is still in office.
If the man did not have the kind of a wife that
he has he would have been bounced by Mr.
Sherman. The wife was more than a match for
Sherman. When the canvass of Presidential
candidates was hottest, Mr. Bherman, who was
doing all he could to strengthen his boom,
learned that there was a Democratic clerk
in the department. He first inquired
of the officials under whom the
Democrat worked as to what kind
of a clerk he was. He got the information
that he was an excellent clerk, one of the best
in the department. ‘ That can’t be helped.”
said Mr. Bherman. “he is a Democrat and must
give way to some good Republican from Ohio.”
So he ordered the man’s dismissal, giving bim
the customary thirty days leave of absence.
Here is where the wife started out to get in
some fine work, and she succeeded right well.
To look upon her is to know that she is what
they call a person of strong individuality.
That’s exactly the kind of a wife she is. She
can talk—talk to anybody, and if given time
will talk any man—no matter how ready of
speech he may be—blind. She is three inches
taller than her husband; has sharp and some
what angular looks. It may be said of her, as
*1 is . of Mrs Hayes, that she is a better man
than her husband. She conducted an aggres
sive campaign in behalf of her husband.
Under her directions he went to all of the
officials who were over him and knew his
qualities as a clerk. Neither one of these nffl
c als thought that the man went to any other
of i heir colleagues. All of them liked the man
and all gave him the best kind of letters.’' They
spoke in the highest terms of him. He told
each official to whom he applied that he
wanted a letter to help him get something
else to do. In all he got six letters of the very
best character. His wife took them, the tied
them together in a bundle, and walked one
bright morning to Sherman’s office. She was
not prepossessing, but she had a kind of busi
ness air about her. She flounced sturdily into
the room and said: '‘Mr. Sherman, you have
discharged my husband simply because he is a
Democrat. I want you to reinstate him.”
Sherman told her that it would be
impossible to do so. “Then.” she said, “lam
going to have these papers here printed in ev
ery Democratic and every anti-Sherman news
paper in the country. Just read them and see
what kind of a man you have dismissed. They
would not do a reform candidate much good
when printed with all the facts ” Sherman
read the letters. He was mad. He was worse
than mad. He told his visitor to come back
the next day. but to leave the papers with him.
Taken separately, neither of these letters was
such a very strong thing, but altogether they
made it very binding. As soon as his visitor
left Sherman sent for the officials who had
written the letters. “Is there among you,”
he said, “a combination against me ? From
the way you have written about this
man the conclusion must be reached
that the man ought not to be a clerk. No, no:
he ought to be in the Cabinet. It is the worst
of discourtesy to furnish such document as this
to be used against me?” There was an inclina
tion on the part of some of the officials to
laugh, but they did not. They explained how
it must have come about. Neither official knew
that the others also gave the man letters, and
they pointed out that there was nothing dis
courteous in each letter; that it was the whole
bundle pinned together and written on official
paper of the department that made the matter
such a binding one. Examining the letters
separately. Sherman had to admit this. The
officials left him in a better humor. The wife
of the bounced clerk came back the next day
and found him in a better humor. He was in
such a good humor that he forthwith rein
stated the husband. The wife thanked him,
and walked as grimly in her victory as she
had gone into the fight. Nobody has attempted
since to disturb the tenure of her husband.
The letters, by the way, were never printed.
THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE IN FLORIDA.
Upon the motion of Senator Call, the Life-
SaviDg Service bill has been so amended by the
Senate so as to provide for five stations on the
Atlantic coast of Florida, three at the follow
ing points: One near Key West, one near Jupi
ter Inlet, one at or near Cape Canavaral: and
one on the Gulf coast west of the Apalachicola
river The bill also provides for six additional
houses of refuge on the eastern coast of Flori
da. In the course of the debate Senator Jones
showed that there was an amount of property
lost within sight of Key West in one year that
exceeded the entire property lost in all other
districts of the United States. Senator Call, in
his remarks, called attention to the fact that the
record of the Life Saving Service shows that
over a hundred vessels have been stranded on
that coast, the large majority of them on the
Atlantic side, and to the further fact that the
houses of refuge there are not life saving sta
tions The portion of the coast upon which
these wrecks have occurred, the vessels strand
ing coming within the special purpose of the
Life Saving Service, is about four hundred
miles, and the distance between the houses of
refuge is forty miles or more. There is not a
single life saving station, when there have
been over a hundred wrecks stranded upon the
shore there within the last few years accord
ing to this record, a larger proportion than
anywhere else in the United States.
Potomac.
The Danger of Plumbing Houses.
Editor Morning News; I would respectfully
commend to the attention of our citizens
generally, and to our sanitarians especially,
the annexed article the Springfield
Republican of the 18th instant.
Formerly summer and autumn were our
sickly seasons, and the fevers then preva
lent were of bilious remittent form, the en
demic of the palu'lal districts of all hot
elimatps, In Europe, Africa, the East and
West Indies, as well as in our Southern
States. But of late years there has been a
marked change in our sanitary conditions
and in the character of our diseases; win
ter and spring now taxing the skill of our
medical experts, continued fevers, princi
pally of typhoidal forms, predominating.
For these changes there must be causes;
and are not these causes to be looked for in
the increase of our artificial wants and the
means required to gratify them ?
Hutchinson’s island, dangerous for five
months in the year, during the
prevalence of northerly winds, and all
the other swamp lands around the city,
within a radius of several miles, should un
doubtedly be reclaimed; but are there not
more insidious and dangerous enemies to
health existing within our city limits indi
cated in the article I send you? Science is
busy with the solution of the problem, and
its developments, so far, are leading to
more correct views of domestic architecture
and of public sewerage; both subjective
primarily to climatal phenomena, tempera
ture, moisture, etc., and to locality.
Savannah is now, I contend from my ex
perience and not from prejudices of citi
zenship, one of the healthiest cities in the
United States, if only ordinary rules of pru
dence fn diet and exposure to night air are
observed, and its healthfulness can be still
more improved for all, for the imprudent,
and the indigent who cannot avoid expo
sures, as well as for the prudent, by reme
dying the malarial poisons exhaling from
our swamps and from sewage H. C. W.
“Dr. Frank H. Hamilton lectured before
the New York Academy of Medicine, Thurs
day evening, on ‘The Struggle for Life
Against Civilization,’—an ominous title,
suggesting that some of the modern im
provements do not improve our chances of
life. He made the cheerful statement, in
contravention of Mr. Wingate, the expert,
that plumbing could not be made safe by
any means. Not only is water no protec
tion against sewer gases, but no metal of
which the pipes may be composed is per
manently impervious to these gases, and
most of them are not so at all, and that
though the fact of a leak may be discov
ered by the use, for instance, of oil of pep
permint., the place of the leak cannot be
found. He could suggest nothing that
would be of any value except the proper
use of chemicals renewed daily. Be cited
Dr. Fordyce Barker as saying that were he
building, he would not have the Dipes of
the house connected with the sewer, and
for himself commended the isolation of all
piping entirely outside the house. To this
conclusion the most judicious physicians
and sanitarians are surely coming. The ap
preciation of the evils of sewer pipes open
ing into sleeping rooms is already pretty
general, some of the best houses are now
built without any plumbing in these rooms,
and some hotels are returning to the safe
usage of ewers and basins for the ablutions
of their guests.”
Tipperary county, Ireland, contains 203,-
227 Roman Catholics and 13,840 Protestants,
but of its 227 Magistrates 137 are Protes
tants, 50 Roman Catholics and 4 Quakers.
Nearly all the officials of the county are
Protestants. County Tyrone contains 215,-
768 persons, of whom 119 937 are Roman
Catholics, 49,200 Episcopalians and 42,156
Presbyterians. Of its 129 Magistrates, 113
are Episcopalians, and only 1 is a Liberal;
10 are Presbyterians, of whom 4 are
Tories and 6 Liberals, and two are Roman
Catholics, bofh Liberals. County London
derry, which is pre-eminently Piesbyterian
and Liberal, has HO Magistrates, of whom
100 are Episcopalians, and almost all are
Tories. It is computed, indeed, that ever
all Ireland eighth -ninths of the Magistrates
are Episcopalians, and the great majority of
them are Tories. The present government
is doing what It can to make a fairer dis
tribution '
Always Refreshing.
A delicious odor is imparted by Floreston
Cologne, which is always refreshing, no
matter how freely used.
BRITAIN’S REALM.
THE HOME RULERS AND CLO
TURE.
A Lively Debate—Two II nsea
Blown up In Ireland—A Canvas
ser’s Note Cnt on—Rioting at
ClogUei—Nlr. Darnell’s Letters.
London, March 37.—The O’Donoughue
member of Parliament for Tralee, In reply
ing to Justin McCarthy’s circular to the
Home Rulers, urging them to vote against
cloture, says the defeat of the Gladstone
Ministry would be fatal to the best Interests
of Ireland. It would hand over the land
act to those who would do their best to de
feat Its working. The O’Donoughue con
siders that if wise counsels had f revailed,
Ireland would already be contented, and
that cloture Is a legitimate and necessary
assertion of the power of the majority.
Dispatches from Ireland report a cse in
which a band of disguised men cut off the
nose of a roan because In a poor law guardian
contest he canvassed in opposition to the
candidate of the League.
A desperatesff 'ay has occurred at Cloeher,
in King’s county, Ireland, between the
soldiers and some “emergency men.” The
latter discharged their revolvers. There
were several arrests.
An attempt was made yesterday to blow
up a house belonging to Mr. Mahone, agent
of Lord Clonbrock’s estate. A quantity of
dynamite was placed in a window and ex
ploded. The Inmates, five in number, were
uninjured, but the house was partly demol
ished. No arrests.
The Times says that thirty-three Home
Rule members of Parliament have promised
to oppose cloture.
In the House of Commons this evening,
Mr. Gladstone, replying to Mr. Healey,
member for Wexford, said that the libera
tion on parole of some of the suspects, to
enable them to attend to private business,
forms no precedent for liberating Messrs.
Parnell, Dillon and O’Kelly that they may
participate In the division on the cloture.
The Times says : “The Reform Club has
decided to suspend all elections for mem
bership in the club until after a meeting
can be held to reconsider the method of
election. This is'ln consequence of the re
cent overwhelming blackballing of two
brothers and of Mr. Chamberlain, President
of the Board of Trade, which created great
scandal in exposing, as it did, the divisions
in the Liberal party.”
Mr. Parnell has declined to write let
ters from Kilmainham jail unless under
very exceptional circumstances, as he ob
jects to imposing on the governor of the
jail the unpleasant duty of reading his
private letters.
The statement recently published In the
Central A etos that the Home Rulers of Par
liament propose to go to Ireland in a body
on E ister la declared to be untrue.
An explosive shell was thrown Id to a
house near Letterkenny, county Donegal,to
day. Two rooms were completely de
stroyed.
In the House of Commons this evening
the debate was resumed on the proposed
rules of parliamentary procedure.
Justin McCarthy, Horne Rule member for
Longford, assured the House that there had
been no sort of conspiracy or conciliation
between the Home Rulers and the Conserva
tives. If the latter came to power, they
would Introduce doubly severe measures of
coercion, and the Home Rulers would be
unable to charge them with a breach of
faith.
Mr. Gladstone said he believed It was the
general feeling of the House that a division
should be taken on Thursday night.
John Bright moved an adjournment of
the debate.
Thomas Sexton thereupon announced
that be had received a telegram from Par
nell, Dillon and O’Kelly stating that they
had asked Mr. Forster for permission to be
present at the division, and had undertaken
to refrain from any other political action
during their absence from prison, and to
surrender after the division. Mr. Sexton
asked whether permission would be granted.
The Speaker ruled that the qurs’ion was
disorderly. The Parnellites continued the de
bate on the motion for adjournment, de
claring that, if fair play was not granted,
they would use all the forms of the House
to obstruct the debite.
OUR DARIEN LETTER.
Talk About the Weather—Fires In
the Woods—Post Lenten Amuse
ments— Timber—The Turpentine
Business Union Island New
Itulldlugs—The Brunswick Police
—North Georgia vs. Cape May-
General News Items.
D aries, Ga., March 27.—Our weather is as
fickle as a boy of sixteen, and now, after that
rise in the mercury that brought out last year’s
stock In fans, the wind broke forth last night
and wafted us howling “o’er the borders and
awa’ ’’ into winter again. The wind being
high, as a matter of course somebody thought
it his duty to fire the woods and burn off early
vegetation, so the smoke clouds have covered
the landscape nearly all day. This nuisance
ought to be stopped by law, for cattle here are
seldom trained to eat dry food, and therefore
this deprivation is a cruelty to them and to us.
Our butchers can tell you how heartily their
patrons have helped them dispose of the time
honored stock, and now to have their hopes of
spring tenderness blasted is too bad, to say
nothing of the destruction to the huckleberry
crop.
It is said that Mr. I. Epping, formerly of this
place, has received the nomination for Post
master. It is also mentioned that the vestry
of St. Andrew’s have called a rector. Whether
these rumors will be ratified, nous verrons, or,
in plain English, we hear more than we can
vouch for sometimes.
The playful use of the sluug-shot has about
demolished the windows on the south side of
St. Cyprian’s, and our vigilant police have seen
a “null’s eye” placed in the west window of
St. Andrew’s by the hands of the same younv
officials.
“In time of peace prepare for war,” and the
young people’s talk during Lent has been
mostly of the fine times and grand entertain
ments we are to have directly after Easter.
The name and style of “St. Andrew’s Church
and Home Association” has been changed
and “The Home Association” can now work
for charitable purposes with freer hands
Timber is selling at fifty to sixty on the
average. A few new rafts in to-day. Three
vessels arrived at Dohoy since my last. No
clearances
We never know how far out of the world we
are until the spring drummer begins to beat
us up. Such a smalt bit of railway too would
put us in communication and save heavy ex
penses to commercial travelers and petulant
creditors. To insist that a railroad would in
jure more than it would help us is to grind our
corn with the ancient upper and nether stones
for fear some other man’s mill might pay.
The bible, by respectful mention of the coun
try’s usages teaches contentment, but it also
counsels us, to go forward, or the Israelites
would be making brick In Egypt to day.
Mr. Fulton states tnat after some trouble
with worms on the turpentine plantations, they
have got ahead of those pests, and this week
would have on hand quite a lot of the virgin
gum. Others are going into this business
again, I fear to the neglect of staple provision
crops.
The Gazette's South Newport correspondent
says: “Com is up in some places: sugar cane,
Irish potatoes and other early crops looking
well”—though the oat crop had some signs of
rust, and rain is needed in that section.
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A little rain here would not be oad if no cold
winds follow, but as it is, those rice fields acrcss
the river have become green, as by magic
Mayor Walker has the prettiest garden in
the most romantic spot around Darfen. It is
located in a deep, rich basin below the bluff
near Cat Head, and here he cultivates any and
everything, from bananas to radishes, in per
fection.
We knew our harbor was a fine one and our
rivers deep, but until proved by actual trial on
Wednesday last we did not know that a loaded
vessel, drawing seventeen feet of water, could
go out from Union Island on a neap tide The
Hilton Timber & Lumber Company cieared
this vessel, the barkentine George W. Sweeny
Captain Hewitt, for Philadelphia, with a cargo
valued at $6,630. Union Island is the tiniest
most compact little bit of a settlement on the
smallest of tracts, yet it contain* two fine
steam saw mills, a variety store and a number
of dwelling bouses.
Building on the Ridge is going right ahead.
Dr. R. B. Harris has bought a summer resi
dence there and is repairing and improving
the place. **
Mr. Wm. Wilcox, the owner of those busy
boats, the Halcyon and Cum berland, is making
a handsome thing out of an old abandoned
tabby, formerly owned by Thomas Bpalding,
Br., near St. Andrew’s Cemetery. Mr. Wilcex
is engaged in many industries and seems to
have energy for them all,
It gives me pleasure to try to correct any
mistaken impression conveyed through my
own lack of information concerning our police,
the force being much smaller than I had
thought, consequently not so much to blame
Personal feeling of course did not enter into the
matter, and therefore it ought to be sufficient
to say that I only tried, In a playful way. to
bring to light things to be corrected for the ad
vantage of ail.
Let us propose Northeast Georgia and not
New England this summer—“ Old Habersham”
in exchange for Newport and Cape May. The
trains run twice a day now from Athens to
Clarksville, and since the lively little Adverti
ser has appeared on the scene, strangers will
not find the country so monotonous. Pure
water and no mosquitoes. This much for my
old mountain home; God bless her.
The waving plume in those helmets is too
much for the brother Guards to stand, and
Mclntosh is to have its infantry organised
ESTABLISHED 1850.
again. Won’t parade days be gala ones for
the young people f What with the two military
companies, the Thespian corps, the “Ole Bull’’
association, the Home ditto, the Cooking
School and the Debating Club, we intend to
pull right through the “blues.”
The Collectorslip of this port is occupying
attention, and the Deputyship is being largely
considered. H. S. B.
CENTRAL RAILROAD BANK.
Sasgentlona That the Corporation
Extend Ita Banking Families—
The Ease With Which It might
Be Done and the Oreat Advantage
of Such a Course to the Central
Ballroad and to Savannah.
Editor Morning News : I hope I will not be
considered officious In asking the attention of
the managers of the Central Railroad and
Banking Company to the valuable bankipg
privileges contained in their charter, which of
late years have been utilized only so far as was
necessary to serve the purposes of a clearing
house for the railroad. lam led to this com
munication, not so much to enlist them in a
new enterprise as to urge an early and favora
ble consideration of a subject that I know has
already engaged the attention of some if not
all of them.
As an evidence of the importance attached
to these banking privileges, by those who se
cured, in December, 1835, the amendment of
the original charter, they obtained authority
In the amendment to employ $1,500,000, or one
half the entire capital, for banking purposes.
At the expiration of this part of the railroad
charter in 1870, It was renewed and extended
for thirty years more by Legislative enact
ment. In 1870, operating exclusively on the
deposits of the railroad and of individuals, the
net profit for the year was $108,029 16, and un
der the same conditions Isave that the general
banking was circumscribed) in 1881 the net
profit was $33,465 25.
At this time, when the construction of par
allel railroads and the arbitrary decisions of
a Railroad Commission are threatening to de
plete the revenues of the company, the occa
sion is ripe and full of compensating promise
for putting into active operation all the bank
ing privileges possessed by the corporation.
The required capital can be raised either by
a simple pledge of the company’s credit, or by
the hypothecation of a part of the securities
forming the company’s reserve, until a conve
nient season comes for their sale. Either plan
will secure all the money needed under six
per centum per annum, and possibly at five
per centum in the other advantages of corres
pondence that would accrue to the bank or
banking company through whom the fund was
arranged for or secured.
With an active capital of $1,500,000 for the
accommodation of the mercantile community,
deposits now under $500,000 would swell to an
amount nearly equal tbe- 'capital. Of this
$2,500,000 could find ready employment at eight
per centum per annum, besides the increase in
other sources of profit incident to the employ
ment of so large a fund in banking. With the
addition of a teller and two or three more effi
cient clerks, the present organization of the
bank would be adeauate for the increase of
work imposed upon it.
Having now considered the direct gain from
the employment of this capital, it is next in or
der to weigh the greater and more important
consequential or indirect benefits to arise.
In no year since the war has the banking
capital of Savannah been sufficient to carry all
the business offered her. Much that would
have come here, therefore, has been forced
into other channels If the very earnest efforts
of Senator Brown in Congress, backed by the
co-operation and good will of the entire State,
for the improvement of the river and harbor
succeed, as I believe they will, the inflow of
business to result will make only the more
apparent the paucity of our present
banking facilities, and the advantages
of deeper water in a measure be lost to us.
Here the interests of the city and the railroads
become one and the same, as in the improve
ments contemplated it is equally the desire
and concern of both to have them availed of
to the utmost. To secure this, as it is now
plain, the city can raise no more capital, the
railroad must step in and supply this need and
the city see to its judicious employment. Be
sides interest on money the railroad is benefited
by an increase of inward and outward freights,
because the facilities afforded merchants en
able them to control cotton and other products
from points that a want of capital has hereto
fore forbid, and the full tide of trade once
more directed and attracted to Savannah, with
her excellent market and other advantages,
she will be able to hold against any other rival
for all time to come, I hope. Besides freight,
such a course will largely contribute to the
more profitable use of the elevator, wharfs,
ships, and other property of the Ocean Steam
ship Company, with many other indirect ad
vantages to the railroad itself.
From the bank under this management, as a
purely financial organization it would not be
out of reason to expect the net profits to reach
$125,000 to $150,000. and the benefits to the rail
road in double the latter amount.
If this matter deserved the further conside
ration of the managers of the Central Railroad
steps should be taken at once looking to its ac
complishment that its effects may be impressed
upon the coming crop.
The Georgia Railroad and Banking Company,
having reserved, under the lease, the right to
continue to exercise the banking privileges of
their charter for their own separate use and
benefit, will realize over $50,000 net profit the
year just closing, banking only on deposits
and some money borrowed in New York
during the busiest part of the season.
The managers of the Central Railroad
have never had such an opportunity
and may never see its recurrence again in the
future for placing the interests of the com
pany on such a solid and enduring basis for
successful competition with every threatening
combination.
The increase of business that will be brought
to the city will give more active employment
to the bank capital now here. Possible of com
plete development without the need of impair
ing or reducing dividends, but rather making
them more secure in the future, I think the
step as a defensive one and as fully provided for
under the charter, and from its profitableness
must meet, as it becomes understood and ap
preciated, the earnest approval of every
Stockholder.
THOMASVILLE.
lia Advantages aa a Winter Resort—
ItaPnblic Buildings, Schools and
Residences—A Handsome Drive and
Flourishing Farms.
Thomasville, Ga., March 2.s— Editor Mom,
ing News: This clean, healthy, thriving little
city of three thousand inhabitants, is so
orderly and quiet that it is seldom a corre
spondent encounters anything of a startling or
newsy character. The Mitchell House seems
to be the centre of attraction, and is really an
imposing structure, said to be able to accom
modate three hundred guests. Anew hotel
arose here last winter called the Waverly
House, whioh also accommodates one hundred
guests, and these, with the Gulf House and
many private boarding houses, make it
possible for all manner of persons
to procure congenial accommodations for a
winter home in the town. About 400 Northern
visitors are reported to have spent the winter
here, at a cost for board of from $l7 to $75 per
month. A large number of tourists arrive
during the season and stay over a few days or
weeks.
The public buildings cannot be highly com
plimented at present, however creditable they
may have been when erected. The town has
outgrown them, except the court house
This is quite handsome, and is the centre of the
corporation, which extends one mile in every
direction from it. I was surprised on attempt
ing to enter the cupola for an outlook, to find
that the architect had so constructed the roof
that it could be arrived at only by a climb upon
the roof of the building. It was certainly an
unfortunate oversight, for I could easily im
agine that the view of the surrounding coun
try would be lovely from that elevated point—
probably about sixty-five feet. Tbe church
buildings are also of the village days of Thom-'
Mviiie—not in keeping with its prosperity. The
Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Epis
copalians, Israelites, Roman Catho
lics and Christians have churches ex
cept the last named, who worship in Ma
sonic Hall. Speaking of Masonic Hail, it is
with sincere regret that I find the time-honored
fraternity (which I am told flourished here for
years) has ceased to exist in Thomasville.
The schools, o*e in a flourishing condition.
Young Female College has its maximum of
pupils, and the South Georgia Agricultural
College has steadily gained during the present
term. Two winters ago some patriotic old
hero, who was not yet tired of the world,
succeeded in introducing compulsory military
dqties Into the college, but the farmers did not
seem to like it. Opposition arose, and after
two years trial the sword was unbuckled and
the plow resumed as the ensign of the college.
Many handsome residences and attractive
cottages are to be seen, surrounded by shrubs
and flowers. I do not remember noticing a
single house, however humble, that did not
have some variety of shrub or flower about
Some owe specimens of architecture are to
be met withramong them the residence of Mr
8. L. Hays, a French-villi*-looking structure!
perfectly enfolded with trees, shrubs, flowers
and festooned with vines. Opposite I saw a
square, antique two-story structure, which was
pointed out as the first two-story frame build
ing erected in the town—forty-five years ago
-by Hardy Bryan. It is in a perfect stateof
preservation, and the style of the grounds
around it indicates the home of wealth at
present. A short turn displayed to our view
the elegant residence (almost completed) of
Mr. Ainsworth. It has an Oriental air, with
just enough of modern Improvement to ren
der it as pleasant and convenient as possible.
On Dawson street, on quite an eminence, was
pointed out the residence of the late Baron
Von Btrallendorff, who for several years re
sided here. He traveled for ten years in search
of a climate which would afford relief from a
pulmonary disease from which he suffered,
and ohance brought him to Thomasville.
He had visited the south of France. Italy,
Spain. Palestine, Egypt, Madeira, and Bouth
America, but found no relief until he came to
toe elevated pine forests of this locaßtyTHere
his health rapidly improved, and after a year’s
residence he purchased a plantation, superin
tending in person toe operations of toe farm.
All went well until a visit to New England
caused a relapse, when, despairing of lift. he.
returned to Mecklenburg, his home hi Ger
many, to die in his fathers house.
No politics disturbs the tranquility of Thom
aavillsans at present, but all are busy in their
various pursuits, while toe country people are
absorbed in the business of toe crops. A drive
on the Coffee road yesterday took mo along
near Baybrook farm, where the perfumes of
orange, fuscatus. olea, wistaria and honey
suckle deliciously mingled In the breeze, and
along tbe margin of an artificial lake near by,
with emerald green fields of grain on the rising
grounds beyond, forming a charming picture.
Halting to see the fish, a few crumbs of bread
were thrown into the water, when large
numbers of bream, perch and small trout
seem to tussel with each other for the lunch.
They seemed very tame, and in their eagerness
for food would dart to the very edge of the
water at our feet. Within four miles of the
town, on this road, is the Blackshear & McKay
Strawberry farm so highly spoken of, the San
ford & Idener nurseries, the Sanford & Black
shear LeConte pear orchard, and the famous
LeConte orchard and nursery of Captain
Vamedo, while two or three miles further on
is the well-known vineyard and fruit orchards
of Mr. John Stark, to whom Thomas county is
indebted for the first well-defined Interest taken
by her citizens in the cultivation of grapes
and other fruits. J. W.
A writer in the Louisville Courier-
Journal gives some of the current super
stitions of Kentucky negroes. If a per
son passes through a funeral procession
he will die before the oldest one in it. If
a dog lies on its back and howls it pre
sages an early death in the family. If the
longest snake killed in a day’s search be
suspended from the tree nearest to a
parched field it will bring rain. If it lie
necessary to turn back after starting
on an errand, the consequent bad luck
may be averted by making a cross
in the path with the left forefinger.
A stutterer may be cured by creeping up
behind him unawares and knocking him
down with a raw beef tongue just taken
from the beast by an unmarried butcher
under twenty-one. A bloody knife, &
bottle of alcohol, and a bag of live lizards
are an effective outfit for bewitching an
enemy; but the intended victim is often
warned of the danger by an owl’s screech
close to his cabin. The recipient of a
poisonous snake’s bite drinks a pint of
whisky, and then, if sober enough, kills
the first black chicken with white tail
feathers he can find, picks the feathers
out and burns them.
The following correspondence, says
London Truth, has passed between Her
Majesty and a child. That the Queen
should at once have replied to the naif
letter, while she was receiving congratu
lations from all the princes and digni
taries of the world, is evidence of her
great kindness of heart :
67 Bkxxkrly Road, )
Wandsworth Common, S. W. )
My Dear Queen— My papa has just
come home and said that some bad man
had just tried to shoot you. What a
wicked man he must be to want to shoot
such a good queen. I hope he will be
punished for it. Papa says he must be
mad, and I think he must be the maddest
man that ever lived. I am so glad that
you have not been hurt, and so is papa
and mamma. Good night, and may God
bless you. Edith E. Elliott.
March 2,1582.
Windsor Castle.
Captain Edwards has received the
Queen’s commands to thank Miss Edith
E. Elliott for her kind little letter, and
to express Her Majesty’s gratification
upon reading it.
March 3, 1882.
A singular occurrence, strikingly
showing the powerful effect of ice in
rending rocks, was lately related by Herr
Bergh. An extensive proraonotory in
western Norway was in 1717 deluged
with water during a thaw, filling every
crevice in the rock. A severe cold
quickly followed, suddenly freezing the
water and bursting tLe mass of rock,
which was projected from a height of
1,500 feet into the neighbor
ing fjord, which engulfed the entire pro
monotory with its cultivated fields and
farmstead. The fail caused a huge wave
in the fjord, which not only swept away
all the fishing boats within a distance of
two miles and a half, but also carried
away a church which had stood fifty
feet above the water a mile away from
the promontory. Of the latter only a
low ledge now remains.
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