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Georgia Affair*.
gr n, Henry Middlebrook, attacked Mr.
_ “ rraVlfield on last Sunday. In Harris
,-y and cime very afar killing him. Me.
..." H-li i* about fifty-fire years Old, and
The negro is at large.
, vit a little child of John Cole, colored.
tea by a large spider. No
rif- re? • t was anticipated when the child
mflr?t bit'ei. hut aftrr three days of much
• child died.
-r ver has been fuller by sev
■ hiring the last few days than it has
during the season. This freshet was
a hr the heavy rains which attended the
jj, that laid waste a portion of Bulloch
„ t y .>! ndaT night, the STrh of March.
•I n iriy afternoon as Mr. W. W. Cooksey.
c fPa ’ wa driving through Mechaniesville,
...... frirhtened at a train on the
-Trr.n -see. Virginia and Georgia Railroad
j rin away, and he was thrown from his
L. r - tivn'ng s rious injuries about the
£-4.1 4C’i f
Saturday afternoon about five o’clock, the
Kn; i : fsg on the shelves on the right side of
w A. Do tiy's store, corner Third and Cherry
itreeLs, M i on, having been loaded down with
-ywjj piie.l on the top Of the shelves, was bro
pen by the weight and fell, a portion of it
g Mr. Ike Block, who was behind the
j tounter waitingon a customer. The cornicing
jPßck Mr. B'ock on the chest, and for a tims
j was feared that some of his ribs were bro
bn. or other interna' injuries inflicted.
Dr. George B. Douglas, of Sylvania, is in pos-
Igtsi m of a tobacco box which was once the
r , _r-y of President Jackson. It was pre
a-r’-d ly “Old Hiciory” to General Eaton, a
Bnit>r of his Cabinet; afterwards by Mrs
Ei- n to Mr. Robert T. Lawton, late of Sc riven
cosift-y. and bv him to the present possessor.
Monroe John-, son of Lee Johns, of Flowery
Branch, and Andy Blake got drunk on a unday,
udvereq urrelling, but nothing serious oc
arrel till Monday morning, when Blake went
a John- to get his mule to go to plowing, but
oriel hi? shot gun with him. The row was
ntrwed. and Blake shot Johns, hitting him
lieu’ the knee In the m- antime Johns had
pom h:? nrte and fired at Blake runn'ng from
fcr. The hall entered about one inch from the
s-“ an! 1 red near the nipple, and was
aim -nt by Dr. Mitchell, of Atlanta. At last
recants hewn* in ave-y critical condition.
J- has has made his escape,
Darien Timber Gazette: “There have been
tatafew raf's down this week. Since our last
erne there have been fourteen arrivals and
gren clearances. There are now twenty-fouf
wcs-ls in po't There have been more
*r. rers in port this winter than any previous
rater irc>e t e war The coastwise trade has
been quite lively this winter.”
Gainesville Eagle: “Mike McKinney came
spfmm the convict camp on the Marrietta
it,; N -rh Geirgia Railroad last I'ueiday, and
at* the grade is completed within three and
ftre f larth mi'es of Jas-er and is being
nptdlv pushed forward, and that the bridge
this side of Canton, across the Etowah river,
will be completed and a train of cars running
ktm it in about two weeks.”
Lafivette Messenger: “General J. T. Wilder.
at ChaTtan*-K>ga. in company with Jas. T.
C*r --e ws registered at tbe Goree House
FrJn -clay night. Mr. Campbell is the con
tra" r of the prcpifcd Lookout Mountain
Bai road They are here to go over tbe line,
wtfce country, mix with the popple, and find
cr.vhat they are willing to do m the mattr
ofrrung the right of way. If they are met
v ; *r ioeralitv the building of the
nai is n assured success. They go from
ter to Rome.”
Carrollton Time*; “Mr. John R. Handley,
lev near here has a remarkable razor wirh
I remar.abv his'ory. It is made Tike the
triicjry rattltr razor, the thick pan of the
■ck being s did gold, so pronounced by silver
Stilts*. He ha? been offered $?5 for It, a? it is
ttonght that the gold upon it would amount
k fully that much, the party making the offer
•i- ng to r turn the razor as good as be
w#. trinu? the gold. Mr. Handler, who was
po-?*nt at the surrender of General Stoneman
war Mo n. found this remarkable razor in
•teroad, where GeneralStoneman had passed.
;re afrer the surrender, and it is thought by
•omr that the r z>r was tte property of the
Mfirnl General ”
Seriwe'her Vindicator: “As Judge J. H.
“••t-n - driving home from Greenville last
T> iv.v r rg accompanied by two of hi?
-m, becoming frightened
:he hill just beyond tne resi-
C-a. *Mr R'hert'on, on the Ncwnan road,
cis-ej - ar r u ;i saecd. overthrowing the
™rn ar i th-owirg Judge Gaston and the
The Judge failing upon hia
tsai was v-rr verely stunned for some time
jadtailv tru scl about tbe heed and on his
- cv pas ed oyer the li tie boys,
wuirirg them n ewhat, but it tl ding no se
rus irjur: . 1 hough badly bruied. Dr.
r-er- t>p. - sthat Judge Gsstcn's hurts are
jjJV'T,' UJ - *° that he will soon recover from
uetbus Times, Sth; "Yesterday evening.
-- on the Southwestern Rail
i' Waiter H Jchnstn, Unite-i States
Internal Revenue. Second Georgia
-<-■* not barely escaped a most horrible death.
n= was wa ting at the sta'ion to board the
pa-srcier train for Oolumbu’. and as the train
sJ*Pto the statim he stepped upon the
l r>ci£ '• cross over to the main track upon
WKh was the Columbus train The passenger
pr-t at that point, and as Mr. Johnson
r-i ipcn the side track, his back being
s tr- Train for M -con. it came thunder
■gaioag The trains arrived so nearly at tbe
e- t.n -t; >{r Johnson did not notice the
J?* I I! ty of the train for Macon, and
r - t ; km ly office of a bystander, who
; H ; at ar. l grabbed him by the arm he
s : certainly have been killed. The loco
■mv-sr.H-k him on the left side, knocking
*••• f e track. Mr. J was slightly bruised,
indeed, that his life was
- fcmr.iis Enquirer Sun: “The Muscogee
“ -Ac’urmg Company’s new mills are now
. -m-i an *. ready for the machinery. The
■- -* j S five stories high, conspicuously
r; ' m v and an ornament to tbe city. It
u space for eighty or a hundred loom?.
_ * •-* ia-. * the music of 25 i looms and 5,000
-be heard in those mills, which
1 i kSO hands and consume about
], l of cotton daily. The Excelsior
.’* i- ,r. proceed to build a large brick
9 * No. IS. east commons recently
•.* * •e an elegant structure, and
-of railr>>ad facilities will give
mil sad >cided advantage. It is
ti put in tbe machinery and
- all tbe yarns th y consume.
' Mills are in the hands of young
jk*tw*e metfo is ’Excelsior’ The C'egg
.tea ’ urmg Company will soon erect a
r"“m -k No 3, between Jackson and
streets, it will be built of brick, 50x150
j*. rt tie? high. They contemplate in
n..’' * "'teir capacity to seven hundred
pfi i will before a great while put in
Err* - other machinery to correspond.
e tr" ', et out ,l< e contract for building to
kiffiit " and will commence erecting
'“t i, aag tb e i, r i C fc can be obtained.”
if ~ ' : a meeting held in the interest of
U, pt-tan iga and Rome Railroad, the
- ‘ General J. T. Wilder, cf
t s ' /"• "as present and gave much
j,. ,-rmatioa in regard to the probable
aiorg the line, growing out of
h V," - "'cultural products and large mine
he stated that Chattanooga
b&ppjjy comply with all that Mr.
Itr r,' I 't -' anl that J3O/00 in right of
■K,/. ' "bop grounds, wharf, etc., had
K, Pledged. He said a road eight
l n i Cßinif out from his city to four
n,, tvu, was now being built, that would
W r. f action with the Chattanooga
ieteH bead, and. with both com-
Ifrom viV “'“uld te iaid down in Rome
ICoi,.lr , 5* Pe r ton. Yesterday morn
•r-. * ■l*l Branham made a formal teo
k p “° c ei Cimpball of the new charter of
; ' battanooga Railroad, to be
ktaftj to w j, en h e gave proper as
On ij ’'’A' 1 •’ wou’d immediately build the
k M., .‘ s! 101(1 blm that he could have on
■KWrV’ W'S the charter of the Rome
ttf , if 3 -.]' which would entitle him to
h. v. .' l -'ark’s, Fla, or most anywhere
ha rbizf can u’e th'e or any one of the pre
llka'h v* r * a-" nay best tuit his purpose*.
!Uf e of having an unencumbered
charter.”
in''"" s otuf Advertiser, Sth: “Run
•tiffa** 0 '°* n yesterday morning after
Sr*,*- *ards and Coroner Wilburn, who
tbz e rT p lrei ? at the Coby plantation in East
bE ft, I , a^r Ut four files from Albany, to
c ke L>aa *e of the death of a negro
tap“race, who. in the opinion ot
* runners, had perished at
ht h ., hw . unnatural father. George
lcr? t "hipped him to death. The
üb.i { lifted to the place, where
Abe lad lying dead and his body
ki*ti / o ‘; Tcr ed with wound* The ex
be*arv,r 0f , tut f ew witnesses was
a verdict from th* Jury
- > 0 hal killed his own child,
*4-.<j was in the city yesterday,
'Frkiay-iff. summoned to thequar
} sight by the report of the occur-
Savannah morning news
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
rence. The father was in a perfect frenzy and
did not seem to realize what he had done.
*ls it possible, George, that you have killed
your own child ?’ Sir. Cosby asked him.
’Yes, I have killed him, but I haven’t con
quered him. He didn’t never give up. He
ain’t conquered yet.’ There was a look of
utter madness about him, Mr. Cosby says, and
his air, speech and appearance was of perfect
frerzy. He seemed to be unconscious of what
he had done until Mr. Cosby had given orders
that the body should not be disturbed until
the arrival of the Coroner. In a few
minutes he could not be found. Eye witnesses
say that the boy war whipped first with a whip
and Its staff, then a brush, and finally with a
rope knotted at the end. The beating lasted
four hours Crane had sent his boy on an
errand, and he was gone longer than was pro
bably necessary. Crane accused the toy of
lying, and yoceed-d to whip him. After ad
ministering a severe castigation the boy vas
released and ran. Captured immediately, the
whipi ing was renewed, with the result above
sta’ed. The negroes at the quarter, when
asked why they did not interfere, claimed
that they were afraid of George, and that he
didn't have aDV sense when he was whipping
his children It is also said by the negroes that
this is not the first child the fiend has whipped
to death. Bheriff Eiwards tells us that no
where upon the corpse, from the head to the
heels, could the finger be laid except upon a
gash or bruise. The face was beaten and much
swollen. The authorities are on the track of
the brute, and an outraged justice and humani
ty will hope and pray f r his capture.”
Florida Affair*.
As another evidence of the fact that the
prosperity of Jacksonville rests on a more
solid foundation than that of being a mere
winter city, we leirn from Messrs Bcoville &
Lee, proprietors of the Duval House, that in
future this hotel will be kept open In summer
as well as winter. This Is anew departure in
Jacksonville, as heretofore none of the first
class hotels have remaine 1 open during the
summer In a short time extensive improve
ments and additions will be made both to the
Interior and exterior of the building, which
will make it complete in all th* comforts and
conveniences appertaining to a first-class
hotel. We cannot name these changes in de
tail, but they are so many and so marked that
when completed the house will no longer be
the old Duval, but should be chris'ened the
new DuvaL Messrs bcoville & Lee are both
young men and Georgians, an 1 we note with
pleasure their success In our si-ter city.
Our Blackshear correspondent reports that
on last Thursday, a co'ored boy ramed Willie
Johnson, aged thirteen, who lived on the
place of Mr Jm S. Wilson, tried to fire a pis
tol. It snapped, and he turned it round to look
down the barrel, when it fired, sending the
bullet through his heart killing him instantly.
Mr Russell, the millman, is building a rail
road from Olustee to Lake Butler, to transport
logs for his mills.
Out of 2,000 cross ties delivered to the new
railroad at Live Oak by Mr. A. Johnson,
the past week, only five were rejected.
A farmer at Welborn says he purchased
eleven sacks of fertilizer In Savannah January
10th, and it was shipped the day following, and
arrived at Welborn March 24th.
Oolumbia oounty has flrty-four public
schools! forty for white children and fourteen
for colored. The daily average attendance of
pupils in these schools is 1,156. The cost of
these schools is $2,744.
T ack laying has commenced on the Live
Oak and Rowland’s Bluff Railway, and in a
week there will be four miles of the track laid.
The Tax Collector of Leon county has set
tled in full with the Comptroller the taxes for
1811.
Six thousand ted snappers were brought into
Pensacola on the 3d ins tact.
Common laborers an paid $1 per day and
board In Hernando county; carpenters from $2
to 3.
The “W. B. Nichols” is anew locomotive just
received by tbe Florida Southern Railway.
County serin in Jackson county is down to
forty cents on the dollar.
The old Tallahassee gas works were so'd the
past week for ssl. They were abandoned at
the commencement of tbe late war.
The farmers of Leon county are ordering
improved ag-ic-iltural InipVm-nta to tilt their
•oil with and snpp’y the place of laborers who
have left tbe county.
Live Oak's Po*tmastr sold during January.
Februarv and March s4ll worth of stamps, and
registered 215 letters, besides issuing money or
ders representing *6.274 54, and paying orders
amounting to $1,147 76
Pensacola’s Loan and Building Association
h-s already loaned cut to eleven of i-s stock
holders $5,501. upon which it has made a
profit nf $450 premium and $65 interest The
iostitution was organized about three months
ago.
Sheriff Cone captured in Volusia county on
the Ist inet. a man bv tbe name of Shall,'who
h*d been manufacturing and passing counter
feit money. He is now safe in jaii at Sanford.
It is reported that be has put about $5,000 in
circulation in Volusia county.
Beß. Dickens became involved in a difficulty
’net Saturday at Marianna with his wife.whom
he cut badly with a large pocket knife. In de
fault of a two hundred dollar bond he was
committed to jail. nd now awaits trial at the
next term of the Superior Court.
The exhibition hall at the Marianna Fair
Grounds has been taken down in order to give
wsy to tbe Pensacola end Atlantic Railroad.
The Courier says it will be re-erected south
west of the former place, whereby the grounds
and building will he entirely separate from the
line of the railroad.
A young machinist hv the name of Samuel
Wester, employed at Murphy’s machine shop,
on Fast Bay street. Jacksonville had his right
foot bsdlv mashed on Satur’ay while rolling a
can wheel from the Fernandina and Jackson
ville Raßroad wharf to the machine sbop. The
wheel passed entirely over the foot, bruising
and otherwise injuring it.
Jacksonville Union: “Captain William n.
KoiHri'-k has recently returned from an
extended t-lp through Marion, Sumter.
Hillsborough. Polk and Manatee counties,
where he went for the purpose of selecting a
large lot of United State*. Internal Improve
ment, School an 1 Dtsston lands. Captain Ken
dr ct has been down as far as Charlotte Har
bor and on Peace creek He savs that the
drought extends all through Southern Florida,
and many cf the farmers have not plan’ed
their crops vet. Notwithstanding the drought,
the orange trees a-e in splendid condition, and
an immense crap is expected next season.”
Marianna Courier: “Work on the railroad is
progressing very satisfactorily at Chattahoo
chee and on all points of the line. Mr. Curtis
began work at Samson’s Landing with a consid
erable force last week and is pushing ahead
ve-v ripidly. The It tention is to lay a few
hundred feet of track by the end of next week
for the reception of a train which now lies
loaded with iron, fish bars. a?d the track lay
ing machine, at Louisville. Ky. It will come
hv rail to Chat'ahoochee, thence floated down
the rivr to Sampson’s l anding on a barge,
where it will be put on the Pensacola and At
lantic track; track will be laid as fast as the
grading Is completed.”
Philadelphia Record: “A letter was forward
ed to Secretary Crew, of the Society to Protect
Chiliren from Cruelty, indirectly from a ladv
at Halt’s Road. Florida, relating the arrival
and suspicious surroundings of alittle boy who
*he believes belongs in Philadelphia. She asks
that her name be withheld from the public,
and says: ‘He was brought here by two men,
who sav their names are ’Huston’—an old man
whom the little b~y ca’la ’Grandpa,’ and a
yonmg man who says he is the father. The
young man returned at on<*e to Philadelphia,
or at least lft here. The old man is still here
with the child, and the child is sick and
starving but for the care of the neighbors.
The writer then goes on to describe how the
boy is abused. She says that he is half starved
and is compelled to beg. The little fellow has
often complained of his lot. saying that he
wished bis mother knew where he was, for she
would come after him; but when questioned he
treinb'e-and becomes frightened, refusing to
answer. When food is given him he invariably
carries it to the old man. The bov has often
accidentally dropped remarks that give ground
to the belief that b* has been kidnapped. Mr.
Crew hopes that through publicity he may be
able to find out something about the boy.”
The New York Globe, edited entirely
by negroes, denies that the failure of re
construction government at the South is
chargeable primarily to the negro race.
“This,” remarks the Washington Post,
“is true. While the sudden enfranchise
ment of the negroes alone rendered such
governments possible, they would not
iiave eiisted had it not been for the
efforts of mean white men who took ad
vantage of the situation and the credulity
and ignorance of the negro. The worse
complaint the negro can have against the
Republican party, one which ought
never to be forgotten, is the use made of
his race by designing white men, who,
as Republicans, sought to plunder every
defenseless State in the South upon
which they could lay their vile hands.
While people are willing to acquit the
negro voters of any original desire to
rob, yet, under the instructions of their
graceless white leaders, they proved apt
scholars. Still, as the Globe says, 'the
history of reconstruction stands as a
monument of Republican misgovern
ment, not a monument of misgovern
meut of African supremacy in the
South.' Suppose the Globe advise its
people to sunder for a while their close
relations with the Republican party, and
then observe the effect of such action.”
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
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Tbe Star Route C**ea—4 Renrb
W arrant for Doraey—Congrena Yes
terday—Raum Under Fire.
Washington, April 10.—The examination
of Bhipherd by the Foreign Relations Com
mittee to-day was conducted by Mr. Blount,
of Georgia. Witness displayed considera
ble skill and Ingenuity In explaining pas
sages, which Mr. Blount quoted from his
letters, glviDg to them interpretations other
than the ones which obviously suggested
themselves to the committee.
In reply to a question as to what Shlpherd
meant In writing ‘‘Grant Is now one of us,”
witness said he had regretted the use of
that term, but It was written when in a
great hurry. The fact was that at the
interview, whereat Grant was informed
of the desire to put him at the
heard of the company, Grant had declined
to invest, but had expressed good will to
wards the company, and said it was entitled
to the co-operation of the government.
Witness said Grant never was a stockholder,
but feeliDg that they could count on his good
offices even more than if he were a stock
holder, he (witness) in his letter to Hurlbut
had spoken of Grant In that way as being
“one of us.”
It had been intended to retain Roscoe
Cockling and Wm. E Chandler. Cockling
was notified and expressed his willingness
to accept a retainer, but his services were
not needed. Neither were those of Mr.
Chandler, and nothing was said to Mr.
Chandler.
Reading further from Shipherd’s letter to
Hurlbut, Mr. Blount asked, ‘‘Who were the
parties with whom you say vou were hold
ing a cor fldentlal correspondence?”
Witness declined to answer, intimating
that the committee were exceeding the
range of their investigation and obtruding
upon purely private matters. Witness said
he was first introduced to Senator Blair by
ex-Senator Cragin, but declined to state
whether he was advised by *he latter gen
tleman to employ Benator Blair. He (wit
ness) had several reasons for desiring to se
cure Mr. Blair as counsel, primarily b 'cause
he believed that Mr. Blair could induce the
Secretary to give the matter prompt atten
tion.
Witness was asked; “To whom did Sena
tor Blair expect you to quote to the Secre
tary, when he told you to quote him
stroßg?”
He replied: “Having no access to the
Senator’s mind I can’t state.”
Witness here took occasion to make a
general defense of his correspondence, as
serting with emphasis that he dealt only in
fan's, and with absolute cmdor, that he was
willing to make his correspondence a part
of his sworn evidence and stand by its truth
fulness. Witness declined to state what
sum was paid as a retainer to Benator Blair.
The exact amount was returned by him
(Blair) early in November, several weeks
before ’he assembling of Congress.
Mr. Blount then asked him if he had any
thing further to offer in justification of nis
charge that Minister Hurlbut had been in
fluenced against the Peruvian Company by
the Credit Industrivl. Shipberd replied at
some length Ihat he bad already been
charged with pursuing an attack upon the
reputation of a dead man, and he did not
care to gofurher or say anything that was
not directly in the line of his own justifica -
tiOD.
SENATE PROCBEDING3.
In the Bena e, Messrs. Dawes, Allison and
Beck were appointed conferees on the Indi
an appropriation bill.
Mr Garland (Nor Mr. Limar, who was ab
sent) presented a memorial from the Mis
sissippi Legisla ure asking for a revival of
the gr-int of 1856 to aid the Gulf and Ship
Island Railroad.
Mr. Jonas presented a memorial from the
Commercial Exchange of New Orleans in
favor of the Pvee bill and liberal appro
priation? to carry out the plans of the Mis
sissippi River Commission.
Mr. Bayard, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported a bill amending the anti
po’ygamy law, fixing the salaries of the
E'ection Commissioners under that law at
$5,000 per annum in accordance with the
recent recommendations of the President.
Passed.
A bill was introduced by Mr. Morgan, by
request, granting the right of way over the
public lands in Alabama and Florida to the
St. Louis, Montgomery and Florida Rail
road and Immigration Company, and to al
low the company to purchase public lands
in said States.
Mr. Lamar, upon application of Mr. Gar
land, was granted two weeks’leave of ab
sence.
Mr Hawley presented the memorial of
the Cherokee, Creek and Saminole Indians,
petitioning for the maintenance of their
treaty relations,as shown upon the pending
Indian Territory railroad bid. •
Senate hill, authorizing the Secretary
of War to adjust and settle accounts for
arms between the State of South Carolina
and the United States was passed.
On motion of Mr. Divis, of West Vir
ginia, the Senate bill reported by him to re
peal, except as stated, all laws providing
for the permanent or indefinite appropria
tions, was passed. The exceptions are the
laws for the payment or the principal and
ln’erest from the public debt rif the District
of Columbia, and the Pacific Railroad guar
anteed bonds, for the support of tbe marine
hospital service, the Smithsonian Institution
and the Boldier6’ Home, for the payment
of interest on the Indian trust and navy
pension funds, for the repayment to im
porters the excess of deposits, and for the
payment of debentures or drawbacks,
bounties, etc., under the custom* revenue
laws. The bill also provides that
all appropriations hereafter to be
made shall remain available for two
years for the payment of expenditures
properly incurred within the time for which
they are appropriated, except as to appro
priation s for the construction of public build
legs, for rivers and baibors, light houses and
forts, which shall remain available for a like
purpose for four years, at the expiration of
wh’ch period all balances for said period?
shall be carried to the surplus fund.
Mr. Sanders introduced a bill for the re
lief of the Wachita, Caddes and affiliated
band* of Indians. It appropriates s‘2o 000,-
000, the sam e to be invested in United
States bonds and held in tbe Interest of the
Indians named,and tbe interest to be piid to
them semi-annually, in consideration oft.be
relinquishment by tbe Wachitas of their
right to about 40,000,000 acres of land com
prised within a tract within the Indian Ter
ritory and Kansas and conceded to have
been their original home. Referred to the
Committee on Indian Affai's.
Upon the announcement of the death of
Representative Allen and the appointment
of a committee to escort the remains, the
Senate, at 2.05, as a further mark of respect
for the deceased, adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, Mr. Thompson, of Ohio,
submitted the mijoilty report of the Com
mittee on Elections in the contested election
case of Mackey vs. O’Connor, from the
Si coed Congressional district of South Caro
lina, accompanied by a resolution, declaring
itae contestant Mackey entitled to the seat.
Ordered printed aud laid over for future
action.
Under the call of Btates bills were Intro
duced and referred as follows:
By Mr. Mel.ane, of Maryland—For the
abrogation of the fifth and sixth articles of
the Burlingame treaty with China.
Mr. Richardson, of New York, Introduced
a concurrent resolution directing the Senate
and House Committees on Public Buildings
to inquire into the advisability and cost of
purchasing a uttible site fora residence
for the President of the United States. Re
ferred.
The House went Into committe? of the
whole on the bill appropriating $1,000,000
for tbe reclamation of the Potomac fiats at
Washington, but without action the com
mittee rose and the House soon after ad
journed.
BONDED SPIRITS.
Representative White, of Kentucky, to
day submitted to the House tbe following
preamble and resolution, which were re
ferred to the Committee of Ways and
Means:
Whereas, On Monday, April 3d, the rules
were suspended, and the Hous9 bill No.
5,237, to amend the laws relative to the
entry of distilled spirits in distilleries and
special bonded warehouses, and the with
drawal of the same therefrom, was passed;
and
Whereas the following letter was subse
quently printed at tbe request of a member
in the Congressional Record, to-wit:
Treasury Department, J
OmcE of the Internal Revenue,
Washington, April 3, 1882. )
Bir —l acknowledge the receipt of yonr
valued favor of this instant in regard to the
House bill No. 5,287, which provides for an
extension of the bouded period upon dis
tilled spirits. The bill was prepared with
great care, and In respect to its machinery,
I am satisfied that it will work admirably.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1882.
The principle of the bill, I think,
Is correct. Upon all manufactured articles
upon which an internal tax is levied, except
in the case of distilled spirits, the manufac
turer or owner is not competed to remove
the same from the place of manufacture
until he dan find a sale for his product.
This is so in respect to beer, tobacco, cigars,
matches, etc. The extension of the bonded
period to three years gave quite a stimulus
to the manufacture of fine whisky. On the
firs', of March last, there were 69,243,835
gallons in the distilleries and warehouses in
Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
It seems to me unreasonable to suppose
that these spirits can all be removed for
consumption within the time now required
by law. If manufacturers and owners are
required to pay the taxes,within three years
I would expect to see such a decline in
prices as would seriously embarrass many
strong firms, probably cause mauy failures,
and unfavorably affect other branches of
buriness without any beneficial reeul’s to
the government. I think upon this ground
alone an extension of the bonded period is
entirely justifiable Very respectfully,
Green B Raum, Commissioner.
To Hon. Ben. Butterworth, House cf Bepre
xf7itatii.es.
Whereas, It appears that the proposed
bill will divert millions of public money
from its way into the United Btates Treasury
and donate the same to the large manufac
turers and owners of distilled spirits in vio
lation of the agreement of the Republicans
of the House; therefore,
Resolvei, That the Secretary of the Treas
ury be, and he ts hereby, required to report
to this House his views on tne subject mat
ter of the letter and the conduct of
the head of the Internal Revenue Bureau as
to what improper influences, if any, were
brought to bias his judgment in writing
same.
THE STAR ROUTE INDICTMENTS HELD GOOD.
lathe Criminal Court to-day Judge Wylie
decided that the star route indictments were
good ami sufficient. The motion to quash
was overruled and the indictments 6taud.
The motion to quash the indictments w*6
based in part on a Maryland law of 1722,
which the defense held to be operative in
the District. Judge Wylie held that this
law, along with all other Maryland laws of
the same class had disappeared from the
the District code many years ago. He also
held the juihdlclion of his court to be com
plete, and that the cases of conspiracy were
sufficiently clearly defined to warrant in
dictment, thus overruling the defendants
on all points. This decision covers all of
the conspiracy, straw bond and peijury
cares.
The bail of Stephen W. Dirsey was de
clared forfeited and a bench warrant for his
arrest was issued, bis counsel acknowl
edging that he was not In the city to plead.
THE CALLED BONDS.
The Secretary of the Treasury will not
call any continued 3 per cant, bonds before
all the continued 6 per cents, have been
called. Future calls will be based upon the
figures received from different bureaus of
the Trea-ury Department. It is antlcip ded
that the surplus revenues from mouth to
month will warrant the calling of fifteen
million dollars each month hereafter.
CHANDLER AND HUNT.
The Senate Naval Committee agreed to
report favorably Mr. Chandler’s nomination
to be Secretary of the Navy, and the For
eign Relations Committee have alsi agreed
to report favorably on Mr. Hunt’s nomina
tion to the Russian Mission.
CHARLESTON FLASHES.
Phosphate Works Itnrued - Fire
Loan City Hondo.
Charleston, April 10—Intelligence reach
ed here to day of the destruction by fire of the
Phosphate Mills belonging to C. O Camp
b-ll,of this city, and situated on Stonoriver.
The mills were built about a year ago, and
with the machinery were valued at between
$14,000 and $15,000. The buildings were
entirely destroyed, together with about three
hundred tons of ground rock. The insu
rance is $13,500, distributed in five agencies
here.
A meeting was held to-day of holders of
fire loan city of Charleston bonds, payment
o’ principal and interest on which has been
enjoined by the court,. About $53,000 of
the issue was represented at, the meeting.
A resolution was adapted, providing that if
$90,000 of the bonds came in, the committee
shall employ counsel to carry the case to
the Supreme Court of the United B'ates.
The entire amount of ihe issue outstanding
is about $135,000.
DEAD IN THE PULI’IT.
A Minister Kxplres while Preaching
His Sermon.
San Francisco, April 10.—Rev. L. Hamil
ton, pastor of the Independent Church at
Oakland, died suddenly yesterday morning
in the pulpit during his discourse. He
paused in h!s sermon and sinking down ex
pired almost instantly. Deceased was sixty
years of age, and was well known on the
Pactfic coast.
Weather indication*.
Ovftcb Chief Stonal Observer, Wash
ington, D. C., April 10 —Indications for
Tuesday:
In the South Atlantic States, fair weather
except on North Carolina coast, light rain,
higher barometer and lower temperature.
In the Middle Atlantic States, in north
ern portion light snow, in southern portion
occasional rain, northeast winds, higher
barometer, and stationary or lower tempera
ture.
In the East Gulf States, fair weather,
southwest to northwest winds, higher
barometer, and stationary or lower tempera
ture.
In the West Gulf States, fair weather,
variable winds, higher barometer, and sta
tionary or lower temperature.
In Tennessee and tbe Ohio valley, partly
cloudy weather, occafional light rain, north
erly shifting to easterly winds, higher bar
ometer, lower temperature.
Tbe Latest from the Flood*.
New Orleans, April 10. The Times-
Democrat ’s Morgan City special says: “To
night the gauge stands forty inches above
the 1874 rise. Ou March 23d it stood forty
inches below. Affairs in Berwick are simi
lar to those in Morgan City. Only six houses
have floors above the water. An Infant of Mrs.
McAlly’s was drowned on Friday. A colored
man with small pox was caught in the flood
on the railroad, three miles west of Berwick,
and drowned. John Lace and wife, an aged
couple, were swept away in their house on
Bayou Boutte on the 7th aud were d-owned.
The water from the Teche is sweeping over
Centerville In a five mile current.”
Memphis, April 10 —For the twenty-four
hours ending at noon to-d&y the river de
clined ten lrches. Old steamboat men say
that by Saturday tbe river will be within its
banks all the way between Cairo and Green
ville, Miss.
Yazoo Citt, Miss , April 10 —The de
cline of the river 16 not so rapid as hereto
fore, being about two Inches per day. La
borers and mules are being rapidly trans
ported to tbe plantations in this valley, and
planting will go on without interruption.
Cotton Futures In New York.
New York, April 10—The Jbst's cotton
report says: “Futures to-day have met
with very little attention. At the first call
only 5,300 bales were sold, buyers paying an
advance of 3 100 to 4 100. At the second
call the sales were restricted to 200 bales.
Later in the day more disposition was shown
to meet the slight demand. Prices 2 100 to
3-100. At 1:30 p. m. the total transactions, in
cluding the calls, did cot exceed 18,700
bales. At the third call 12,000 bales were
sold, July at 12 46c.. September 12 22c.,
October 11 58c ; 12 08c. was refused for
April, 12 152. for May, 12 30c. for June,
12 59*. for August, 1137 c. for November,
and 11 39e. for December.”
TbeNtrlbe at Lawrence.
Lawrence, Mass , April 10.—The Central
Pacific Mill was opened this morning. A
large crowd gathered in the vicinity of the
mill, few of whom were strikers. Two
hundred weavers, three of whom were
strikers, are operating five thousand looms.
There are but five spinners employed this
morning on thirty frames. These were
strikers. About a quarter of the mill Is In
operation, employing twelve hundred bands.
The strikers show no signs of weakening,
but the mill managers expect that manr of
them will return to work before the week
ends. The mills will not again shut down,
but will continue operations with such help
as they can secure.
A Paper Mill Fired.
Chester, Pa , April 10 —An incendiary
fire last night destroyed tbe large paper mill
of J. Howard Lewis, near this city, with a
large stock of materia) and manufactured
goods. The loss is $55,000; Insurance $30,-
000.
Invalids should prevent their disease from
gaining ground by using Brown’s Iron Bit
ters. It stops decay, keeps the blood warm,
and gives the emaciated iorm anew lease of
life.
THE JURY DRAWN
IN THE RICHLtND ELECTION
CASES.
An Interesting Point Ralaed —A
Chance for the Accused If Con*
Tided.
Charleston, 8. C. April 10.—In the
UnlUd States Circuit Court to-day District
Attorney Melton announced that he was
ready to proceed with the case of the United
States against Joseph Bates and others,
managers of election at Acton precinct,
Richland county, charged under sections
5.515 and 5,522 of the United States Revised
Statutes, with obstructing the United Btates
supervisor of elections in the discharge of
his duty and with performing other unlaw
ful acts to affect the result of the election
at said poll. The District Attorney asked
and obtained leave of the court
to amend the information as to its phrase
ology, the counts for conspiracy being ex
cluded under the ruling* of Judge Bond on
Saturday. The work of organizing the jury
was then commenced. The names of thirty
jurors in attendance were placed in a hat
and were drawn. The first juror drawn was
a white man. District Attorney Melton
told the juror to stand aside. Counsel for
the defendants objected, claiming that in a
misdemeanor the prosecution had not the
right to order jurors to stand aside,
as had been decided by Chief Justice Waite
in the Ellenton trials, and further claimed
that Judge Bond himself a few days ago in
the case of the State of Biath Carolina
against Kane and others, tried for murder,
had decided that the prosecution had not
the right to stand jurors aside.
Col. J. C. Haskell and Attorney General
Youmans were beard in support of the
obligation, and District Attorney Melton
and Mr. Dallas Sanders in support of the
right of the government to stand aside
jurors. At the conclusion of the argument
J udge Bond said that he would not decide
then but would allow the prosecution
to stand jurors aside and proceed
with the case, and if after considering the
question he agreed wi*h the counsel for the
defendant?, he would grant a motion In
arrest of judgment in case of conviction.
The ju'y was then organized as fol
lows: John M. Twidell, a white Repub
licau; J. Duncan Howard, colored Repub
lican; M. K. Robertson, white Republican;
Gus R.iney, colored Republican; J. W.
Fountain, white Democra'; Paris Simpkins,
colored Republican; E J Pinkney, co'ored
Republican; Joseph Collins, white Republi
can; George Btevensoo. white Democrat;
J. F. Chestnut, colored Republican; B F.
B’rauss, white Democrat. The government
exhausted the panel in standing aside
jurors. The court then adjourned until 10
o’clock to-morrow, when the evidence will
be taken.
The New York Stock Market.
New York, April 10.—Share speculation
opened weak, aud prices showed a decline
from Satuiday’s closing quotations o f
per cent.. Indianapolis, Bloomington and
Western, Northwestern prefered, and Mis
souri Paeiflc being conspicuous in the de
cline. O.ni.ha common, however, opened
1 per cent, higher at 37 In the early trade
the market sold up per cent., Lake
Shore, Missouri Pacific, New Jersey Cen
tral, Colorado coal, and Reading being
conspicuous in the upward movement.
This was followed by a decline ot per
cent., in which Wabash common and pre
ferred, Reading, Colorado coai, Lake Bbore,
Omaha common and Northern Pactfic pre
ferred were most nromlnent. Afterwards
Western Union fell off 1 per cent.,
recovered 1 per cent.i reacted' 1 per
cent., advanced 1 % per cent., and again
reacted % per cent. Abont noon an advance
of % (o per cent, took place, Reading,
Wabash common and preferred, Lake Shore
and Western Union being prominent, but in
the late dealings the market became weak
ar.d recorded a decline ranging from %
to 3% per cent,., the latter for
New Jersey Central, which sold down
to 77%. Denver and R'o Grande,
Western Union, Missouri Pacific, Wabash
common. Northwest common and preferred,
Louisville and Nashville, Northern Pacific
preferred, St. Paul and Texas Pacific were
also prominent, in the downward movement.
The market then advanced to the close,
the recovery ranging from % to 2% per
cent , Denver and R'o Grande, Wabash
common ami preferred, Western Union,
Nw Jersey Central, Lake Shore, Reading,
Northwest common and preferred and Louis
ville and Nashvide being most conspicuous
in the upward movement. The market
closed strong but In the main % to 1% per
cent, below Saturday’* closing prices. Lake
Shore, however, was 2% per cent, higher.
Transactions aggregated 650,000 shares.
•
UTAH.
An Effort to be M ade to A<! Jo urn tbe
Conwtlt utlonal Convention.
Salt Lake City, April 10 — The Consti
tutional Convention met to-day. There
was a full attendance, chiefly monogamists.
Joseph T. Smith, one of Taylor’s counsel
lors, was elected President. There will
probably be a strong effort to adjourn sine
die to-morrow or to some period, with the
intention of dropping It. The liberal ele
ment in the convention say that if anything
was 1o he conceded, the church authorities
should have done it at the late conference.
As they did not the labors of the convention
must be vain and it had better adjourn at
once.
The Stanley Memorial Window.
London, April 10.—Dean Bradley has
issued a statement concerning the memorial
window to the late Dean Stanley subscribed
to bv Americans. He says the list of sub
scribers thoroughly bears out the statement
of Rev. Phillips Brooks as to its widely
representative character, and It would be
invidious to make a selection, but It is in
teresting to remark that the name of Henry
W. Longfellow, following that of Oliver
Wendell Holmes, is followed by those of
Ralph Waldo Emerson and John G. Whit
tier.
The New Version Society—A New
Baptist Bible.
New York, April 10.—At the meeting of
the Baptist Conference to-day, the opinion
was generally expressed that they should
have the true translation of the Bible in all
known tongues, that it should be circulated,
and that they should organize a society to
do this great work.
The Conference was generally agreed that
the formation of anew Society would be in
finitely better than to attempt to resuscitate
an old one.
The Soleldo Mnrderer.
Washington, April 10.—Judge Wylie’s
decision In the star route cases also affects
that of A. C Soteldo, under indictment for
the murdering of his brother while en
deavoring to shoot Clarence Barton in the
Republican editorial rooms. Boteldo’s coun
sel had raised points under these old Mary
land laws against the sufficiency of the In
dictment against Soteldo for murder.
Goriachakofl’s Successor.
London, April 10.—The Standard's Berlin
correspondent says: “The appointment of
M. Giers as Minister ot Foreign Affairs of
Russia, Is viewed as an eminently pacific
symptom, and will do more to restore con
fidence regarding the intentions and policy
of Russia than all the friendly avurances
which have hitherto been received from
Bt. Petersburg.”
Ik Jeaae Jam** Dead I
Chicago, April 10.—The Times, which
had a tpecial correrpindent in Missouri to
investigate the particulars of the Jesse
James shooting, publishes a letter this
morning, containing interviews with a num
ber of Missourians who knew James, and
who all persist in the belief that it was not
Jesse James who was killed.
A Noted Baae Ba'llat Dead.
Chicago, April 10. —W. A. Hu’.burt,
President of th - Chicago Base Ball Club and
of tbe National Base Ball League, died of
heart disease and dmp-y this afternoon. He
was the mov'ng spirit In the organization of
the League in 1876, and has been its Presi
dent since, except the first year.
Au Ohio Biaza.
Cincinnati. April 10.— A fire at Hamil
ton, Ohio, last night destroyed livery sta
bles, a hall, the Agricultural Works, with a
number of steam engines, owned by Nash
ville parties, O’Brien’s Wheel Works, Black
& Clawson’s warehouse and the city build
ing. Loss about $40,000.
♦ ■* —
ۥ Id Weather In Konmanla.
Vienna, April 10.—The bitter cold
weather and hard frosts nowprevailingwill,
It Is feared, greatly Injure the crops. Fruit
trees, vines and young wheats in Itoumanla
are almost entirely destroyed.
An enricher of the blood and purifier of
the system. Cures lassitude aud lack of
energy. Such is Brown’s Iron Bitters.
SWINDLED ON SILK
A Boston Man Get* Off with a Half
Million.
Boston, April 10.—A huge swindle, in
volving the hitherto reputable firm of Vogel
& Cos., of Hong Kong, as principals, is
gradually coming to light. Vogel & Cos.
have done a large business in silk, hemp and
other products between China, America and
Europe. Recently English and French con
signees of that firm received fourth class
silks in place of first class goods, which
the? had paid for. While an investiga
tion in these cases was progressing Cyrus
Wakefield & Cos., of Biston, received
what purported to be a consignment of 2 500
bales of hemp, but which proved to be
principally Canton matting p?r the ship
Richard Robinson, now in New York. Other
Boston and New York firms were similarly
victimized. As the China house had drawn
through the banks and realized there seems
to be no redress. Vogel, the principal of
the Hong Kong establishment, had ab
tconded and was supposed to be in Italy,
having realized half a million dollars fraudu
lently.
HAITI.
Tbe Customary Revolution Again
Break* Out.
St. Thomas, via Havana, April 10.—
The Haytien Consul at St. Thomas has re
ceived orders to purchase one thousand
Remington rifles, two hundred quintals of
cannon powder and two thousand machetes.
Advices from Cape Haytien of the
27th of March state that a revo
lution broke out there against Presi"
dent Salomon on the night previous.
When the German steamer Borussia left
that harbor, forty-eight hours later, the in
surgents had the upper hand. Gonaives
responded to the movement on the 28th and
Port au Prince on the 29th. Martial law
had been proclaimed, and President Salomon
was preparing to march to Cape Haytien
with 3,000 men. Two war steamers had
been 6ent to Cape Haytien and Gonaives.
BRITAIN’S REALM.
Parnell Paroled for a Week—Trou
ble ou the Isle ot Skye.
Dublin, April 10.—Parnell was released
from prison this morning, and Is now on
his way to England.
His release is on parole for a week, in or
der to enable him to visit his sister in Paris,
whose child has just died.
London, April 10. —Lord MacDonald hav
ing sent summonses to twenty of the ten
ants of his estate In the Isle of Skye for
nonpayment of rent, the process server was
seized by the mob and warned not to return
and the summonses were burnt. The “no
rent” agitation is spreading rapidly on the
island. .
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The Democratic Campaign Commit
tee—Mr*. Hayes’ Picture—Tbe
River and Harbor Bill—Kelfer
Losing III* Grip—Arthur and tbe
Place Hunter*.
Washington, April 9. — The ladies who
interested themselves in the Huntington
picture of Mrs. Hayes and presented it
to the White House are beginning to
protest audibly about the way that picture is
treated by the President. It will be remem
bered that when they made the formal pre
sentation of the portrait to President Arthur
they requested that it be hung conspicuously
in the east room. The President did
not see fit to do so. la fact
he did not hang the picture at all. He had it
placed in the green room. It still sits there
against the wall. As the green room is practi
cally a private one, the number of people who
see the portrait is very limited. This is not at
all what tne ladies want. They have several
times sent their representatives to the White
House, but have been always told
that it was not decided yet where
to locate the handsome painting. There is
naturally a good deal of talk about the matter.
Those most interested are planning for a com
mittee to wait on the President and formally
protest against their gift sitting in obscurity
against the wall of the green room, and to
again ask that it be hung prominently in the
east room, which is always open to visitors.
THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
The House Commerce Committee is still at
work on the river and harbor bill. It is ex
pected that tbe bill will be completed by the
latter part of the week. For obvious reasons
the committee will not give out the items which
have been agreed upon. The committee is a little
more generous this year, however. The total
amount of the appropriation for river and har
bor work is generally about stn, ooo/00. The
committee this year will report a bill giving
nearly $16,000,000, it is understood. Savannah
will stand a good chance, though she will not
get all that she needs.
SPEAKER KEIFER.
Speaker Keifer Is getting himself disliked.
He never has be-n a popular Speaker, even
among tbe Republicans.'with the exception of
that elem-nt which put him in the chair.
Many of his rulings hare been very arbitrary,
and his treatment of those on the floor is by
no means a* courteous as it might be. Several
times he has had open disputes with members.
When to this is added the fact that he is bv no
means a strong man to rule, it is no wonder
that he is not welt-thought of by many Con
gressmen. His unpopularity is spreading ell
the time. He could hardly be chosen Speaker
again.
the democratic campaign committee.
It has been decided to put on the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee four new
members. This is to make the committee
the more effective. Rosecrans will remain as
a figure head Chairman, but Flower, of New
York, will be the actual head of the commit
tee. It is decided that this committee shall do
active and forcible work. It has plenty of
work before it. The new members are put on
to give it additional life.
ARTHUR’S WAY.
Those who go to the President about the of
fices say that ne never promises to do this or
that. They say he never tells even those most
interested what he is going to do. They have
to wait until tbe matter is fixed by the nomi
nation being sent to the Senate. A gentleman
who was at the White House yesterday told
me that he heard a man asking the President
for some kind of a promise or intimation that
what he wanted would be done. The President
refused to give any. He said: “I never make up
my mind but once. I then cany out my inten
tion by official action. You will have to wait
for that action.” Potomac.
The Bell* Mac Explosion.
LaCrosse, Wis., April 10.— Two of the
victims of the Bella Mac explosion died last
night. Their names were Robert Lzus,
fireman, and David McCamm'sh, a clerk.
An unidentified body has been found float
ing several miles below the wreck, which is
supposed to be that of one of the MeOam
misn brothers. Four persons are still miss
ing. Eight of the survivors will recover.
HRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
The Moscow Gazette says it is intended to
reduce the army at the end of this year by
37,000 men.
Frank James has written a letter to tbe
Memphis Appeal threatening vengeance on
the mnrderer ot his brother Jesre
The Sagamore mill at Fall River, Massa
chusetts, is still shut down. No attempt
was made to start yesterday morning.
A torpedo explosion occurred on Satur
day In the harbor of Toulon, by which
eleven sailors were killed and wounded.
E* Governor Holden, of North Carolina,
who was recently paralyzed, Is Improving,
and hopes for his recovery are now enter
tained.
The contract for the grading of the Knox
ville and Cincinnati Southern Railway was
yesterday awarded to Condon Brothers, of
Knoxville.
In the election at O naha the Working
men’s ticket was overwhelmingly success
ful. Politicians generally are alarmed by
the result.
A dispatch to the London T’tncs, from
Paris, says: “The creditors of th bank
rupt Lyon et Loire Bank may expect a divi
dend of about 80 per cent ”
Reports of the Ohio State Board of Agri
culture show probable bushels of coming
wheat crop, 35,612,19 Q, as against 37,581 091
for last year, bushels of old wheat in pro
ducers hands, 7,413,()98.
A dispatch from Cetticji says that through
the Influence of Price j Klkaka. of Montece
gro, the Crlvoscian leaders have f ffered to
submit to Austria on the terms of g -neral
amnesty, exemption from mill*ary sc-rylce,
and that the State rebuilds the houses de
stroyed during the insurrection.
Another great prise fight has been ar
ranged. Q*en Maloney and James Wee
den, two noted pugilists of Pittsburg, Pa.,
have posted S3OO with the lbUce Gazette.
Maloney and Wteden agree to light a fair
stand-up fight according to the new rules of
the London prise ring ; the fight to be for
the sum of five hundred dollars a side; to
take place in the State of West Virginia.
SCHOOLS IN GEORGIA.
MR. ORR ON THE WORK OF A DE
CADE.
Tbe Terrible Waale cf Wur—A Won
derful Recuperation Tbe Needs
of tbe Siate Clearly Presented.
Washington, April 9 —There have been
printed in pamphlet form, by Congress, the
cotes of the Treasury before the Committees
on Education and Labor of the two Houses of
Congress. I quote in full the remarks of G. J.
Orr, State Superintendent of Education for
Georgia :
Mr. Orr—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of
the committee. th duty assigned me on this
occasion is a very simple one. T have been la
boring in this work in my State for the lastt°n
venrs. I have been the representative of the
Department of Education since 1873. Ido not
pronose to detain the committee by any length
ened remarks. I propose to give vou. gentle
men. some plain facts showing our condition,
showing our necessities, showing the temper
and spirit of our people, and I feel that when I
do this, when I put before you the condition of
the State of Georgia. I shall have given you a
type of what prevails throughout the entire
Bouth.
In the year 1860. when one of the honored
Senators from my State, now present, was our
chief executive, the tax returns, according to
the documents in the office of the Comptroller
General, summed up $672,000,000. After I en
tered the office which I now have the honor of
filling I went to the flies of that office for the
purpose of trying to ascertain the aggregate
value of property at the first return made
after the war. I found it to be $170,000,000.
The property of the State was thus reduced
S’oo,oo ,o°o in value. This made a great change
in the condition of the State, as you mav well
know; but this does not represent fully the
change. It lacks a great deal of it. I will put
before you. gentlemen, a few other considera
tions which will show more fully the great
change which was wrought. Everything that
we had accumulated during the four years of
the unhappv struggle in which we engaged
was invested in Confederate securities, and
was held in the shape either of bonds or of
Confederate currency. Thus what re
mained of the labor of four years,
after the devastation of your army and the
support rendered ours, was blotted out in one
hour. Hundreds, thousands, and tens of thou
sands of the be?t men in the State of Georgia
were thus left in a condition in which, under
the old po=tal laws of the United States, when
postage was paid at the place of delivery, they
could not have taken a letter from the post
office. You will very readily understand, then,
how we were situated as to our capacity to
commence life again.
Not only this, but the whole labor system of
the country was thrown into disorganization.
The agriculturists had no means of going to
work agaio. and we are an agricultural people,
as you well know. They had no capital to be
gin with. They had to borrow. Thev had to
give a lien upon the products of the soil in
order to enable them to pay the debts, and
those who held the capital exacted exorbitant
interest. Our farmers and agriculturists have
been paying from 50 to 101 per cent, for ad
vances. Having their noses thus put to the
grindstone, they have been kept there up to
the present time, for every intelligent man
knows very well that farming cannot be con
ducted successfully when the capital used in it
costs such a per cent. The lack of resources
and the utterly disorganized condition of the
labor of the country put us in a very helpless
condition.
Let me glance for a few moments at certain
other facts. We had in the State of Ge n rgia
two kinds of citizens, those who had always
been citizens, and a number of persons, very
nearly equal, who had been made citizens as
the result of the war. The last school enu
meration, which was taken four years ago.
showed that we had 198,000 colored school
children in the State. The entire school popu
lation is 433,444. The difference wilt show you
how many are colored—nearly half, you will
see.
Let me say a few words about the colored
p apple, They were made free without re
sources. They had no capital: they had no
habits that would lead men when thrown upon
their own resources to accumulate capital.
They have been gathering capital gradually
until I am very glad to report that the last re
turn of the property of the State showed that
there were in the hands of the colored people
of that State some $6,000,000 worth of prop
erty. I think the colored people of my State
have done nobly; I say it here to their credit.
Tut the point I am now matting is the im
mense burden which was put upon us. Ido
not give you an idea of that burden by telling
you the number of persons who were suddenly
made free without resources. That does not
give you an idea at all.
There is no means of getting at the number
exactly, but I think at least one-half of the
white population was in the same condition,
utterly wrecked, ruined financially by the
results of the unfortunate struggle
in which we had engaged. For one, I want
to see the last remains of that struggle
buried forever so deep that the hand of resur
rection will never bring them up again. I
think it becomes us of this generation to begin
to think about living for the future, to forget
the past We have a great country, and hrre
we must dwell; our people want to dwell with
you in unity and harmony. I know what I
say; I have visited in the course of the admin
istration of my office almost every county in
the State of Georgia I have made two hun
dred addresses to the people. I have stated to
vou the difficulties now. I know the condition;
I know the spirit of the people, their present
sentiment. I know it from mingling witli them
in their cottages and in their cabins, for I I ave
visited the colored man as well as the white
man I have mingled with all. I know their
feelings.
I want to siy to you, gentlemen, that in the
State of Georgia, under my administration of
ten years, the entire loss of school fund will
not foot up more than about $6,000. In an
administration covering ten years there has
not been a single dollar misapplied with
that exception that I know of. We try
to make it do the greatest possible
amount of good. We try to manage it
with the greatest economy. We admit to
our schools all who want to enter them. We
commenced in 1871 with a school attendance
of 48,000. We have gone gradually upward
My brethren here will excuse me for using the
same illustration which I did before the asso
ciation when in session. One of the fathers,
a man contributed to us by New England, one
of our most honored men in the early history
of that State—l allude to Abraham Baldwin—
in speaking once of central power, illustrated
it by that! wonderful power known as the
screw. He stated that at every revolution it
gained a little, and it held all it gained. I quote
his illustration, not making the game applica
tion of It: I make a very different one. We
have gained at every revolution a little in
Georgia, and we retain all that we gain. We
are moving steadily forward. We commenced
with an attendance of 48.000 the first year. The
second year we had 88,000, the next year
136,000, the next year 156,000. I shall not fol
low the statistics along. Year before last (my
year's work has not been footed up, as the re
turns are not all in,) we went up to a school at
tendance of 236.000. We have never failed to
gain as much as 9,000 in any year. We have
gone over that in attendance every ve* r, and
the colored people have proceeded pari
passu with the whites in their attendance.
They commenced with 6,000 and went up ac
cording to the last return, to Bt,oou col
ored children in our schools. There is
no discrimination made; no man can
afford to do it in an office in my State. 8o
strong is the school sentiment in favor of the
administration of exact and equal justice that
no man can afford to do it. We are struggling
to do the very best we can with our limited
means.
I have read a good deal on the subject of the
school history of this country, and of the dif
ferent States. In addition to that, I hava been
giving my attention to this great subject of the
education of the races, for eleven or twelve
years. I have been reading whatever fell into
my hands, and you will excuse me when I say
that considering the circumstances in which we
were placed, the great disadvantages under
which we labored, the immense difficulties
which we had to contend with—considering
all these things, and considering the work
achieved, I do not belieye th equal of it has
been done in any State of this Union, in any
time during the past. If it has, it is not within
my knowledge. NYe have wrought a marvel
ous work, but we are unable to do what
ought to be done. We come to you and ask
the interposition of the strong arm of the gov
ernment, the govermentof your fathers and of
our fathers, for we are’one of the Old Thirteen.
We stood shoulder to shoulder with you in that
contest, and I want to say here to-day that if
another contest shall arise our people will
stand by the people of New England and the
people of the Middle States in supporting the
power and the authority of the Government of
the United States.
Gentlemen, I do not know that I could state
anything further that would be of service to
you. I wish to add that I was greatly gratided
when my brethren here from New England and
from the great Northwest, and from the Middle
States, and from the Southern States, met in
council, and when we sat down as brethren,
and when we agreed almost unanimously upon
every point to be submitted to this committee
for consideration. We are practically a unit,
and on all of these recommendations the men
from all portions of the country agree.
Nqw, gentlemen, begging pardon for taking
up so much of your valuable time, and think
ing that it is proper for me to yield to others
who may have something to say on this occa
sion. I shall conclude by asking, as I know I
shall have, the candid consideration of this
great question of the education of tne masses,
greater than questions of commerce, than
questions of currency, than questions of tariff,
than questions of constitutional law-greater
than any questions that statesmanship will
have to contend with and settle, because wa
make the people, and without the people we
can have nothing else. We make the men and
women of the country. I shall say nothing
further.
Representative Updegraff—l should like to
ask the honorable gentleman whether the av
erage time of continuance at school has in
creased?
Mr. Qrr—Our last Legislature succeeded in
adding about SIOO,OOO to the fund. We shall
have this year very nearly $600,000 to operate
with. We shall be able to run our sohools in
many of the counties absolutely free for four
months of the present year—that is my esti
mate—and in ail of them, paying the entire ex
pense, for three months. We are adding just
as rapidly as we can.
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ESTABLISHED 1850.
MORE TERROR FOR THE JEWS.
A Frightful ffllatiacre Apprehended
Daring the Earner Celebration.
New York Sun.
Yesterday a reporter for the Sun noticed in
the Battery park a group of immigrants
whose language and appearance gave proof
that they were Russian Jewish exiles. They
were in a state of excitement, talking to
each other very eainestly, and an old man
among them often exclaimed piteously,
“Weh mir!” (Woe tome.) The reporter
put an inquiry to an aged Jew who ap
peared to be the chief person amone them.
“Well,” said the Israelite, “this Is not a
secret. We find reason to apprehend that
our brethren in Ru a eia are abont to en
counter the horrors of Bt. Bartholomew’s
night. Next Sunday, 9 h of April, the
orthodox Russians begin to celebrate their
Easter, which lasts a whole week. Now,
you must, know that during the holid ys
the Russian peasants drink very hard, and
when under the influence of their hellish
vodka they are liable to do anything. Our
people have just learned that in Warsaw,
Odessa, Kieff and some other towns the
Russians have stored arms, which they in
tend to U6e against our brethren in Easter
week. That is what fills us with horror.”
‘Why do not your people Inform the
Czar’s government of this danger?”
“The Czir! What can he do?” exclaim
ed the Jew scornfu'ly. “It’s more than
enough for him to keep his own skin safe,
especially now, in view of his long-delayed
coronation. Don’t you think it is a fascinat
ing job for the Nihilists to blow up at once
a Cz r and half a dozen petty kings, besides
dukes and princes? This rite of God, the
anointing of the Czar, may turn into a
tragedy. No; nowadays neither the Czir
nor bis ministers can afford to think of Jews.
And the orthodox peasants, guided by furi
ous demagogues, can accomplish anything
worthy of savages.”
“You think there is no hope for th3 Jews
of Russia?” the reporter asked.
“No hr pe under this headless and sense
less government of the Czar. That is the
reason our people have taken steps to flee
to this country. There is an English scheme
to buy lend in Palestine from the Sultan and
establish there a Jewish state under the
protection of England. You see England
needs the Suez canal, and strives to appro
priate land around it, and the establishment
of a Jewish state in Palestine under English
protection would be of great use to her.
Then the Jews would swarm in Egypt and
Palestine, and the English Government
could get a firm foothold there professedly
for the protection of the Jews, really for
the purpose of ultimately annexing those
lands to the English possessions. 1 have
heard that the Rothschilds alone have al
ready contributed £50,000 for buyiDg land
in Palestine.”
“What is at the bottom of this anti Jewish
movement in Russia?”
“You often see how political, religious
and social causes work simultaneously. Of
course the present political situation in
Russia is favorable to the anti-Jewish dema
gogues, and the religious prejudice of ortho
dox Russians against Hebrews is also very
strong. But the struggle for roubles and
kopeck? among the orthodox and the Jew
ish tradesmen furnishes the bulk of the fuel,
while the political and religious causes fur
nish the matches.”
“What is to be the result of this move
ment?”
“That will depend largely upon the fate
of the present Czar. If he lives, the honest
Jewish tradesmen and merchants will immi
grate from Russfa,and the parasitical class of
Jews, who, I am ashamed to say, performed
the dirty work of the orthodox Russian
merchants, the large Russian landowners,
and the Russian civil officers, will be exter
minated or driven abroad. If the Czar is
killed, then, I believe, a constitutional gov
ernment will be formed which will not dis
criminate between Russians on the ground
of faith or race. I must say that the Rus
sian peasantry are peaceable and kind
hearted, though they may be misguided.
As to the Russian merchants and civil offi
cers, they are worse than the worst of the
Jews.”
They Clamor for Waste and Ruin.
St. Louis Republican.
A contemporary says: "To continue
coining 412£ grain dollars can not fail to
have the effect at no distant day of es
tablishing a single silver standard. There
is, of course, no certainty that 450 grains
of silver will continue to be for a series
of years the exact equivalent of 25 8
grains of gold, but, on the other hand,
there is not the remotest probability that
412. J grains of silver will again come to
be of equal value with 25.8 grains of
gold. The United States can get all the
gold it needs for use as money, and the
wisest course is to stop the coinage of
silver dollars and to use silver only for
a subsidiary currency.”
The men who clamor for the demone
tization of silver surelv do not consider
the effects upon the Western portion of
the United States of their fatuous policy.
The demonetization of silver by the
United States, following in the wake of
England and Germany, and forcing
France to follow us, means its final
elimination from the money of commer
cial nations and its reduction to the state
of the base metals. Its uses in the arts
would not hold it above the rank of the
base metals. The encroachments of
Western commercial customs with the
advance of the military and political
power upon the Asiatics will then daily
lower its value and restrict its uses in the
East, and these facts imply so universal a
depreciation as to close the mines of this
country at least. What does this bodethe
Western portion of the Union? What is
there in Colorado, its mining interests
subtracted? The most enthusiastic friend
of the Centennial State will not claim
that its present population could be sus
tained there without its mines, or even
one half of its present population. What
do Colorado's mines produce? In round
numbers it may be said the yield of the
precious metals is $16,000,000. Of this,
$13,000,000 is silver and $3,000,000 gold!
There is also a large amount of lead
mined in conjunction with the silver.
But a small portion of Ihisgold and none
of the lead would be produced if silver
raining should be rendered unprofitable.
The construction of railroads, and even
their maintenance after they have been
built, would cease. Machine shops
manufactories, and the thousand inter
lacing industries which have attract
ed capital and population and built
up towns and cities, would vanish in
Colorado as they have to some extent
done in Nevada already in consequence
of the partial failure of the silver mines
of that State. Nine-tenths of the mining
interests of New Mexico and Arizona
would perish under the blight. The
tens ot millions of dollars expended in
constructing railroads, for which there
is no earthly use apart from the mines,
would be as effectually lost as if dumped
into the sea. Nevada would sink into
immediate and hopeless insolvency;
Montana, Idaho and Utah would each
feel the breath of desolation. American
capital, now being profusely sown in
Chihuahua, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi,
and other Mexican silver-producing
States, like the seed which fell in
stony places, would bring forth fruit
which would perish under the influence
of this blighted un-American policy.
Those who know how important are the
mining interests in the Western Stales
and Territories we have named, and how
little else, indeed, there is in them that
is attractive and profitable, will appre
ciate more fully the force of the circum
stances when their attention is called to
the following figures, whloh show the
relative, almost overshadowing, import
ance of the silver interests in that quarter
of the Union. We quote from the most
reliable data, showing the product of
the precious metals iu the States and
Territories named for the fiscal vear
1880: J
, Gold. Silver.
Amona $ 490,000 $ 2,450,000
Colorado 2,350,000 11,560,000
Idaho 1,530,000 710,000
Montana : 2,000,000 3,000,000
Nevada 6,450,000 12,475,000
New Mexico 120,000 1.000 000
Utah 320,0C0 4,625,C00
These figures were increased in 1881
in each Territory and State except Ne
vada, and were especially enlarged in
New Mexico and Arizona. Blot out this
thirty millions of annual silyct' promo
tion and consider what will result to the
Rocky mountain region of the Union,
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CROP PROSPECT IN CALIFORNIA.
A Fair Harvest of Cereals Expected—
Perhaps the Meet Fruit Season
Ever Known In the State.
San Francisco Bulletin.
The Bulletin recently published a very full
report of the condition of the crops In all
parts of the State. These reports related
principally to cereal crops. They are not
all of a favorable tenor; but It Is worthy of
note that they are as nearly so as they were
last year at a corresponding date, or would
be In any year In which the rainfall was ex
cessive. Last year the rainfall was extraor
dinary. The cereal crop was reduced con
siderably by this excessive moisture. This
year we have the other extreme. Yet recent
crop reports show that, over a large area of
the State there Is the promise of a good
harvest. This promise Is of course predicated
on the theory that there will still be late rains.
It Is now the last day of March, and It Is not
usual to have very heavy rains In the month
of April. There are remaining about five
weeks during which a moderate amount of
moisture may be expected. A great deal
hinges on these few weeks. Timely showers
will help out the cereal crops, even where
to-day they are not very promising. South
of Merced, in the great San Joaquin valley,
the rainfall has not been sufllcient to insure
wheat crops on ordinary land, and It Is
hardly probable that futnre rains would do
much more than to revive and freshen the
pastures. The irrigated land will, of course,
produce full crops without further rainfall.
The weather observers are still sanguine
that we shall have late rains, and do not
appear to be at all discouraged by the prov
erb that all signs fail in dry weather. With
timely showers in April the recent
crop reports would indicate a har
vest quite up to that of last year.
This season is much later than usual, it
being as much as twelve to fifteen days be
hind that of last year in the growth ot grass
and cereals and in the development of the
new crop of fruit. As to the latter, all the
reports thus far are favorable. The cold
weather of February kept back the buds,
and the warm weather In the last of March
brought them into blossom rapidly. Thtre
is now the promise of one of the best fruit
seasons ever known in this State. The or
chards are in full blossom, and the set of
young fruit is remarkable. No influences
prejudicial to the fruit crop are now con
templated, The “northers” have been un
usually prevalent this year, and there is still
the contingency of some danger from that
quarter. It now looks as if a dry season
would be a fairly productive one over the
greater part of the State.
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GEORGE SCHLEY,
Successor to JAS. W. SCHLEY & CO.,
Wholesale Dealer in
Bay, Brain and Provisions,
172 BAY STREET.
Savannah. Ga , April 1, 1882.
I DESIRE to call the attention of the public
to the fact that I have this day succeeded
the firm of J. W. BCHLEY & CO., and will
oonduct the business in same line of trade, as
a wholesale dealer in Grain and Provisions, so
liciting the patronage so liberally extended to
the old firm. Respectfully,
GEORGE SCHLEY.
T*7 E have this day sold to Mr. GEO. SCHLEY
TV our good will and stock in trade, and so
licit for him a continuance of patronage from
our friends, and assure the public that from
his experience and financial facilities he is.
fully prepared to supply the demand and give
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