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?hc jflru’s. rtiftti, il >e ft iwi „* ik •£] bki\!'j bf XXtpttvi I *t fell Rr-uN**! bmitres a tlx House. ,* to a wtwwios UuU mould . %■ tbr ;vv* far sort ife&a the rich ■: w will kaork a big holt ia the v kid Mr Robcma. wbo want* I * - -i*. wxm3d sot allow such a , i_i iimia~ reactwc*. bj U*U *,so , Te ,j< ’* DeKYrtb ia tbe btatt < *T.*t?e* <* the debt qnaHoa proas- j * " r-n bid cctttsoawea.ti - tt the aa>:t:ou* iaow betr | ft T.xrr *t char at I ** be k* re- T that the coming el .ctior w- ft * lace the sdaiaisamtion tbs' T-wwxee t> aot i prom.s;at field for The dkxafo takes Arkansas *.**<*l repa>:.hbJ of her debt as Um •- f r %& -:her ad • ernseaacet of th< X' -A a', the *iT'se of the South a? h r c the ittte teciMß for forever* U . v-i,> ,a. ,< *.r eolamiaous contempo -ktt r ght hae made casual referee •■ t th aetrkbrc.se state of Minnesota wi ck the gtt able to pay her ate debts, return* to 4b ea. lamer rat.ous made :a t show dmt -* .eery bunited children brought rr e -a.",s* mta spec:ally designed for Ik r ram. u ir rage of eighty die dur ing th * ftr: year, white of the same * bhnr nursed by their mothers, eighty t -wt? Thu*, it teems, that, as a < t’emporary remarks, "the slaughter -v :h* cavcsh as a system it aot pecu iartAtte I'ftnd Sum’ Tw anar the remaias of Pres.dent llnfft* I are bur.ed the better Tht waTchmac :s charge cf the nult at Cleve land mreat y unscrewed the lid of the casks* and allowed a certain General St- -man 4 lowa, to r.ew the features c? Use deal President. Next thing we ms ■ eapact to hear of seme shrewi Yar hee matthg profit out of eit—ding simi ar • *eoc* ho parties with the curiosity aad had taste of this lowa warrior. The people of Balumore, with the emtaar'ty and wealth of hospitality •.kat chars femes moat Southern cities, am doutg thru best to make the visit of Um Federal war reterats pleasant This ,* fwtr.oUi and as it should be. but were the Sfneumenta! City's generosity bound teas. Use N r.hem organs will never for gt tha: she is a part of the " Solid > nth " or cease to übd and misrepresent the of the section with which she is so intimately ctanected. Wag*#., says Professor W. G. Sum aer. cannot depend on anything but Um * *pp!y and the demand of labor. As a rk.agman well expressed it a few yean jgo at a lafcvr investigation in ihi 4^mhay— fc covered the whole ground, and a ncon'waist can improve what Le m and ‘I knew when two bosses are running after one man wages are high; when there are two men running after th* one boss wages are low.’ That cm hence# the science, theory and practice cl the whole subject’’ B ' H:cks who is recogcixcd as a *ikv * up North, and who is now G avteau's spiritual adviser, together with several other sympathizers of the aKsas'- * ci led on the Pres: lent yesterday and a* in pled to induce him to reprieve the nudemned min until a scientific com H.*:oa can investigate his sanity. This i* rather late n the day for such an in vestigation, especially as the question at issue ha- already been fully decided, i- liteau's end is approaching rapidly, ami It ia hardly probable that he < an mt v vt longer than this day week. I! chaei Dav.tt, though a convert to the thrones of Mr. Henry George, has the gxd sense to recogn ; Zi that the Pa ir,Jh Slope economist is in advance of wen this rapid age. Mr. Dxvalt, though W. evicg in the wisdom of na trnalitstin of land in Ireland, c.<*c-des that peasant proprietor ship is about all that the Irish are likely to obtain in thl generation. He accord itry disclaims any intention of altempt g to popularize his individual views— a -up at this juncture that would injure ratiHT than help tbe cause of the league. Ch ckens are coming home to roost in Rt publican quarters ia New York. The members of the party of progress, etc., in that bUte have been notified by their colored brethren in convention that thev must haie equality of representation on both the State and municipal tickets. They claim that after having been faith fu to the party for twelve long years without having had a morsel of the ares and fishes, and only had, as a re ward for their fidelity, neglect, studied icd.fferewcr, and a total disregard of the raoocniliow of their services, it is time they were receiving something more sub stantial. They are right. Tit N<* York Court of Appeals has tweatlj passed upon the question whether drunkenness can be pleaded as * defense to a charge of murder. It was clashed by the counsel for a condemned aurdercr that his client was the victim of aa apj'elite for drink which amounted to a disease that destroyed his will-power and reed-nd him legally irresponsible, aa n the case of insanity. Anew trial was therefore asked, because the court he. 'W had refused to charge the jury that the accused was not responsible if Ur. criac had been committed when he was the v ctiia of such disease or if com or’.ied while be was drunk. The Court ot Appeal* refuses to recognize drunken nos as any excuse for crime. It holds that net even fret ay or mental alienation caused by drink can exempt a person Accuse! of murder from criminal re •posattii ;ry. If a man voluntarily gets drunk aad commits a crime while in that condition, be must answer for the eosac*. aecce of his acts. Tba opinio* of Congressman Morrison ■lVwai, of I.'.iaoi*, that the Democracy ah u'.d make the question of tax reduc l m and tariff reform the leading issue is the . ming campaign will probably a. rent wide attention. As the Bridge !> r Fwwm says, "the fact that the cost of living is bow almost ui precedes tediy great has a strong bearing upon the ques t. •of mlar.ee taxation. The people w - -be >kdf to inquire why the gov * mst continues to extort each year ft V. more than it reeds when w v rgmea aad person* in what are catted moderate circumstances” find it * i iremely ciffkult to keep out of debt. Except tba tax upon matches, there < ;■ talent*! revenue lax of universal ap to be repealed. There is, how * the tariff, ami it ia crammed with tiKtMM wbick attack the purse of < vnr family ia the land, and which xaeSt the wealthy corporations and only. Ia the tariff is the unity for changes which will ease Our Mrects and Lane*'. In the article published in our-issue of Tuesday morning on the above sub ject, our object, as then stated, was not to censure past administrations, nor to do injustice to any one. We simply desired to call attention to the fact that during the oast five years the neat sum of #145,500—529,700 per annum—has been appropriated for the improve ment of our thoroughfares, yet, as far as casual observation goes, nothing of consequence has been done; and also to show, from what Captain Biair, a= Chairman of the Streets and Lanes Com mittee, accomplished in 1874 with a sim less than sl3o,ooo—about the average annual appropriation above no ted—what might have been done to words paring tbe principal streets of the city, now deep beds of sand. Is showing this, however, we had no intention of disparaging the work which has been really accomplished by others, and therefore we cneerfully make a statement of what was accomplished by AM-rman .T. R Hamlet while Chairman •f tha* same committee during the years 1-77. 1*73 and 1*79. From the Mayor’s rep rts of those years we obtain the fol lowing information on this subject: In 1 -77 2,45 square yards of : aving in repairs of paved streets and crossings, and 2,523 yards of new crossings were laid, and in addition to this the grading of the southern end of West Boundary street was completed, and. besides, other streets and lanes were regularly cleaned and leveled when neces sary. All this was done at an expendi ture of $37 *>3 16, including the tx case of work of every kind—such as time of hands employed, cost of mate rial, feed of stock, repairs, etc. We ti ire not at hand the appropriation for this purpose that year, but it raav be seen that, at the above rate, the afore mentioned paving and grading were done at a total ot: of about $3 5o per square yard. In 1878 a considerable amount of new and repairs to old work were done, the whole amounting to 14,383 a . uare yards, at a cost of $32,351 07, or at a little over $2 per square yard. In 1"79. in the report of the City Surveyor to the Mayor, it is shown that anew •tone pavement Belgian block) on West Broad street and anew stone pavement on Drayton street to Wald burg, a dis tance of I*oo feet, were laid, and repairs in various streets were also made, the whole amounting to 15,528 s puare yards. From the Treasurer’s re port it is also shown that the sum of $25 658 52 was expended on these works, which was $3,000 more than the $22 500 appropriated for streets that year. The discrepancy, however, is readily accounted for when it is remem bered that the above sum of $22,500 was appropriated for street improvements alone, while the* S2S,CCO expended in cluded ail expenditures for maintaining the street force, etc., so that really the total amount appropriated for the streets and laces was not used. We have been thus particular in de tailing the work done during the* Ihrcc years named, under the supervision of Major Hamlet, to show that that gentle man was zealous and assiduous in the discharge of his duties, for, as we stated at the outset, we* wih injustice to no one. Nevertheless the fact still re mains that during the past five years $148,500 have been appropriated for our sireets and lanes, and whether the money was expended or not that amount ap , peareti upon the tax budget, and taxes have been levied to meet it. Experience ha3 proven that with that suiu, and un der a proper system and good manage ment, much more could have been done than has been accomplished. It is per haps faking too much of an Alderman, who receives no compensation for his ser vices, to devote his whole time and at tention to the improvement of our public thoroughfares, and without the whole time end attention of someone it will be impossible to attain satisfactory results. Neither does it eeem reasonable to expect one City Surveyor to look after e'l the work constantly demanded of him in a city the s ; z3 of Savannah. A sugges tion has been made in this connection which, under the circumstances, is doubtless a good one, and that M that the City Surveyor be given a compe tent assistant, whose duties will be confined wholly to the work. It has been shown that the sums heretofore an nually appropriated for the streets would be ample to pay the salary of such as sistant, and yet give us many more visible and practicable improvements than we now enjoy; but t-ven were said sums not sufficient to meet the additional expense proposed, our citizens would, in view of the good which would be accomplished, doubtless agree to a special appropriation for the purpose. Our people are not niggareFy, but when their money is lib erally expended, they desire at least a reasonable quitlproqu. Says the Boston Adttrtixer: “The Savannah News is one of a very few ; papers which say—whatever others may thiDk without saying—that the answer j which the war gave to the questions of accession and the right ‘to regulate domestic institutions without the inter ferenceof the Federal Government’- ‘was hut a partial reply.’ It deems a revival of the doctrine that States may secede ‘highly improbable’—and that is all. Nevertheless it believes the principle on which the dogma rests is still lively. ‘The theory of States lights has never been demolished, and receives to day the cordial support of the millions of free men who march under the banner of Democracy as well as of every true i American who understands the spirit and genius of this government.’ Re publican orators who are in want of something to fire the Northern heart in the pending canvass will do well to cut this out and paste it in their hats.” Our Boston contemporary grossly mis construes our remarks when it applies them to the secession question. There is far more likelihood that if that ques tion is ever revived Its revival will come from the North or West than from the South. It is emphatically a dead issue. But that the doctrine of “States Rights, ” snd the right of each State to con trol its internal affairs free from Federal interference has survived the war, there can be no question, and no State in the Union would today, were its individual rights assailed, be more ready to defend them than the State of Massachusetts. This principle will be coexistent with the republic and the Constitution of the United States, and if its assertion can be used by Republican orators to fire the Northern heart, then let them make the ! most of JL The Boston Trmel'er laments the po litical decadence of New England. Every census tells a sadder story of her decline. Time was when she was all powerful in ! the national councils, but now the Weit j and even the despised South are leaving her far behind. The TrattUer mourn fully concludes that her fate will be like that of Holland —“rich but power less.” The Tr&r-tlier should cheer up, however, and unless it has grave fears of the speedy demise of Radicalism it ; should fee] happy. While the party of great "moral ideas" is supreme, New j England, with her money, can get any- j thing she wants, barring probably Mr. j Blaine’s occupation of the White House, j Blackberries as a Market Crop. Is it not a little strange that a fruit so universally popular, so susceptible of improvement and so easy of cultivation as tbe blackberry, should be wholly neg lected as a market crop by truck fanners in the South? While it is cultivated and sold at high prices in the North, and much later in the season than it appears in the markets of the South, no attempts seem to have been ever made here to improve by cultivation and develop one of the most wonderful food resources of our country. And it is no exaggera tion to use the word wonderful. All over the land at least five millions ot people "pull through” onertwelfth of the year on blackberries, produced alone by the hand of nature. If such a bounty comes free from all cost of labor, what would it be from the hands of intelligent culti vation? The fruit is now gathered wild in the fields and forests, where the soil is not only unbroken and often sterile to a degree that fine berrie: are impossible, but the same soil is crowded with weeds, grass and other undergrowth to such an extent as to render it still more wonder ful that so great and valuable a crop is ever produced at all. In this wild state the different varie ties of berries are all found growing in the same community, and the indis criminate picker mingles all together in the basket preparing for mar ket In this indifference to variety and quality it ieasy to see that common and highly esteemed as this fruit is, we are yet scarcely acquainted with its higher excellence. Those who make the effort will, indeed, be able, in almost ever}’ locality, to select very su perior varieties both in size and flavor, but it is rare that this selection is made, anJ hence the indifferent quality of a large proportion of those seen in the market This could be easily changed by our truck farmers, who would not only soon control the home market, but in the short period of two or three years open up a blackberry trade witn the Northern States not less important in results than the melon trade, now on a boom such as the most sagacious did not predict a few years ago. A9 for cultivation of the blackberry, the process is almost too simple to need explanation. A plant that will spring up in any neglected ground, in any crowded fence coiner* hedge row or even densely shaded forest, grow in the worn out soil of the broom-sedge fields from three to ten feet high, as well as in the rich damp lands of the swamps and forests, will not need much coax ing to crown our most inferior culti vated soils with rich harvests of its luscious fruit. In the North it is culti vated in the same manner as the rasp berry, and is propagated by planting the roots, keeping out the weeds and cutting away the old canes or stalks to make room for the new growth. The same process will succeed here, but our climate is different and we have many advantages over our Northern friends. They cut away the old canes because they bear but once, like the raspberry, but our “briars” will bear for a series of years, and we may leave them as long as the siz'j and quality of the fruit will warrant, which will generally be three or four years, if we do not allow the growth to become too dense. This may be prevented by keeping them in open rows and chopping out the younger for a year or two, running plows between the rows to keep them open. This is all the cultivation necessary if we choose to continue the old vines in bearing; but the finest berries are produced by the new vines, and if our object is to produce in their highest excellence, we must follow the plan of cutting out the old wood promptly after each crop and making room for the new. Sprouts running up tall must be clipped to increase the crop. In old fields already set with briars good crops may be obtained by simply break ing up the soil in the early spring. In general the new growth bears the second year, but the finest field of berries we have ever seen was produced by new growth the first year, where the field was broken up for corn and afterwards aban doned. It was old land, much worn, and the briars did not grow that year above two feet in height, but they bent to the earth under the weight of fruit most juicy and delicious. For shippiqjr, however, such a crop would not be desirable, as the berries are so near the earth as to be injured by every shower bespattering them with soil, and in a ripe state, too soft and tender to bear shipment. They are not so tender on older stems, and if not so large, yet more firm and exempt from grit. The vines here should be grown three or four feet high, and for the best results, we think, be allowed to bear twice, and then give place to the new growth. That they can be shipped fresh as safely as strawberries admits of no doubt, but if they could not it would still be worth while to cultivate and dry them for the markets of the world. Our readers are already well acquaint ed with the large profits derived from the dried berries in a few localities of the South, and it is unaccountable that while farmers are straining every nerve to make fortunes by vegetable and fruit glowing, the large profits on this valua ble fruit are left to the chance of old fields that must soon be reclaimed to agriculture by our rapidly increasing population. Chatham county is admi rably adapted to the cultivation of this fruit, and the facilities for shipment en joyed by Savannah place her vicinity far in advance of any other locality in the State for profits from this source. The wholesale system of assessments upon officeholders which the Republi can party has instituted for the purpose of raising a campaign fund means that corruption is to play a conspicuous part in this fall’s elections. A great point to be set tled by the elections, therefore, is wbeth era majority of the people of the United States are willing to be corrupted or not. At the late annual meeting of the Suez canal shareholders, M. de Lessips an nounced a dividend of about $8 per share, while in 1879 the dividend was but fl. During last year, 2,727 vessels passed through the canal. In the pre vious year, 2,026, and in 1879,1,477 ves sels availed themselves of the canal route. The net profit on the traffic was wihin a fraction of $5,000,000. The campaign over the prohibitory amendment in lowa is drawing to a close, the election occurring on June 27. The contest has been very sharp, and the temperance element is confident of suc cess. It is said that their chief danger of defeat comes from over-confidence. People who eat sardines should boy them of first class dealers, who haze a good name to lose; for the brands of long established firms are forged and Imitated, and the worst qualities of all are exported. The beat are preserved, when fresh, in genuine olive oil, while the cheap are made of fish that have been spoiled in salting on the smacks, and the oil* used are of the cotton seed or the isrd specie*.—.V. Y. Sun. GENERAL NOTES. State Senator Fey to® G. Hale, of Virginia, Is seriously 111 at his home In Grayson coun ty. Mr. Hale is one of four Readjuster Sena tors who bolted the caucus during the ses sion of the Legislature last winter. Bhould he die and a Readjuster be chosen in his place, the Readjusters would have control of the Legislature, in which event an extra session would doubtless be called and a Congressional reapportionment bill passed. An Engiiah company proposes to buy 11,000,000 acres In the Saskatchewan coun try and open it for colonization. The plan is to assist the Canadian Pacific Railroad to completion, to aid poor immigrants to become owners of farms, and to make the whole undertaking very profitable to those who advance the fifteen million dollars needed to cmy out the scheme. The San Francisco ChrcmieU comments that “a com pany that endeavors to unite profit and phi lanthropy usually gets the two mixed.” It is curious now to read In the Irish records of March, 1783, ‘‘Two hundred families from the county Meath, weary of dragging on an existence in cold, hunger and wretchedness, are determined to emi grate, fully convinced that if they do not better themselves they cannot be worse. The Lord Lieutenant, justly sensible of this alarming event, has, we hear, represented this matter to His Majesty’s Minister and recommended an immediate session of the liish Parliament, that something may be •devised toebrek in its infancy this impend ing calamity.” The Duke of Richmond, who, a few years since, to the disgust of Lord Huntly, repre sentative of the direct male line of tbe Gor dons, tacked the title of Gordon to that of Richmond, is also Duke of Aubigny, a title conferred with an estate of that name by Lewis XIV. upon a notorious woman whom Charles II created Duchess of Portsmouth. This title made the Dukes of Richmond peers of France, and they continued lone after to hold seats in the French Parliament as such. The number of such-peers was very limited, although the number of nobles was very large. When Oudlnot, the French General, at tacked Garibaldi at Rome, he was warned by his fellow-officers that the city would be stubbornly defended. “Bab!” he exclaimed, contemptuously, “Italians never figot.” Soon after bn was foremost in retreating from Garibaldi’s forces, leaving behind 530 dead, 800 wounded and 260 prisoners. At the end of the day’s cotfl.ct Garibaldi went over the field in person, lantern in hand, to make sure that all the dead were carried off and the wounded cared for. This humane conduct endeared him to the soldiers, al ready full of admiration at his bravery. Since the advent of the Chinese into San Francisco, the habit of opium smoking bas spread amongst white people, and the press of that city has occasionally given accounts of the scenes to be witnessed in dens kept by some almond-eyed Mongolian, and the presence there of even women of good so cial position, who hae fallen under the influence of this pernicious habit. Chinese are rapidly settling down in Chicago, and the newspapers there state that there is hardly a laundry kept by them that does not have its back room where, on a dirty bunk, the opium smoker can find his little lamp, wire, pipe and ball of opium. Jifadstreet's records that export operations diminished perceptibly in volume during the past week, the clearances from the port of New York having been reduced to a valuation of #5,302.476, against #6,504,682 the preceding week, and comparing with a total of #8,048.581 same wsek last year, and #10,802,522 same week in 1880, making the ersnd total since January 1, 1882, $140,367,- 151, against #l7O 309 542 same period in lsSl, and $170,775 476 in the corresponding portion of 1885. These figures show a io=s on the outward movement thus far in 1882 of $29,942,391, as compared with the aggre gate of last year to date. This great, grand and glorious pension boom at the rate of a hundred millions a year ought to make every patriotic heart swell with pride over the stupendous gener osity of tbe American people. Now let us turn In and do our whole duty by the col ored brother. There ought to be some spread eagle statesman in Congress to move the appropriation of another hundred mil lion*. a year to pay for a brick house, a forty acre tract of land, a patent thresher and half a dtzen teams of mules for every negro in the land. There isn’t a doubt about it, we are the greatest people on the face of the globe.—B’f Louis lirpnbUean. The London Lancet records the curious fact that while in 1848 duty was paid on 37,000,000 pounds of coffee imported into Great Britain for heme consumption, the figures for the past vear show an importation of less than 32,000,000 pounds, although the population h 6 increased by 10,0C0 OCO and the quanti'y sold per capita is much larger. The figures suggest the hand of the adulter ator, and a remarkably large hand it is The government is said to encourage the busi ness by permitting tbe importation under a duty of 2L of “coffee,chiccory or any other vegetable matter applicable to the uses of coffee or chiccory, roasted, ground cr mUed, without reference to the proportions of the mix'ure." Turnips, carrots and cabbage stalks are mentioned as adulterants com monly used. A terrible scene occurred during a bull fight on a recent Sunday at Arles, in France. *. man sixty years of age accidentally fell over tbe barricade into the arena, and was at once pursued by one of the bulls. The old man could not run very fast, and in a few seconds the bull had tossed him high into the air, and on his falling to the grou and the furious animal gored him with his horns. An indescribable scene of egnltem nt en sued. The bull was secured, and the man carried in a shocking state to the hospital. The Comm’ssaiy and the Sub Prefect or dered the spectacle to be stopped; but this measure provoked such an outburst of pro testation from the spectators that, after an hour of free fighting and tumult, the offi cials were actually compelled to order a re sumption of the performance. The results of observations of the late total eclipse of the sun made at Sohag, on the banks of the Nile, appear to be satisfac tory, although just what the results are the astronomers are cot yet ready to report, During the seventy seconds totality each took a section or department and worked in silence. No word was spoken except some exclamations of surprise at finding anew comet very near the sun. They named the comet after the present Khedive, in recog nition of his kindness in assisting them in the preparations for obs.-rving the eclipse. The old suspicion of an atmosphere in the moon arose again, but the question evades solution. The photographs taken durffig the eclipse were fice of tfie sun, moon and comet-. The spectroeeope observations and results were also satisfactory. Mr. Parnell is financially embarrassed, according to a London letter in the Liver pool Mtrcuri, which says: "Mr* Parnell’s estate of Avondale is at this moment the subject of an action for £3O, Interest on a mortgage for £IO,OOO. Avondale House Is an old and old fashioned mansion in county Wicklow, where nothing new seems to come, where the books are all of the last century, and where Mr. Parnell never 6tays If he can avoid It. When he took to poli tics he deserted his family seat. The estate is not very extensive, but It has lovely views, for it is right aiqid the Wicklow mountains, and looks over fores’, river and dale. It is this estate which Is jeopardized by the order of the Irish Exchequer Court; but the only interesting revelation made Is, that Mr. Parnell Is h'mself what Is called a heavily burdened landlord.” A prosecution for bigamy that has attract ed much attention in Germany goes back for its basis to the Napoleonic invasion of Mexico. One of Maximilian’s retinue, Alfred Menninger von Lsrchlnthal, a noble man of knightly degree, fell in love with a charming Mexican lady, Beuorita Rjsaria Pert*, and was married to her in the court cbapeL He remained In Mexico until Maximilian’s fall, then made speedy tracks for his native Austria, fell In love with the beautiful daughter of a university professor, and proceeded on short notice to many her too. Qls first marriage coming to Ugh’, he has now been found guilty of bigamy and condemned to a term of imprisonment and to degradation from his knightly rank. He conducted an obstinate defense, based on the allegation that his first marriage was Invalid and illegal, but the courts explicitly Feld it to be binding. Von Lerchenthai’s Illegal second wife clings faithfully to him, however, all the same. They have several children. But her father, the professor, is not so well satisfied, ami It was at his In stance that the criminal prosecution was in stituted. The importers of foreign earthenware have la ely had a controversy with the customs officials as to the proper classification of their goods under the tariff law. Under valnations in invoices were also alleged. On the one band the appraisers Insisted that Importations, in the technology of the trade, should be classified as "firsts,” "seconds” and "thirds,” according to the old system, or If the new classification "unselected” Is used, that this should all the tame mean •‘firsts,” "seconds” and "thirds.” On the other hand the importers claimed that "un selected” means "firsts” and “seconds,” with the "thirds” taken out. Between these conflicting interpretations there was no In considerable difference in values. After a thorough examination, it would now appear that Appraiser Moore, of Philadelphia, sus tains the position of the importers, holding that their practice Is In accordance with commercial usage In both countries. Hence the examinations Into the alleged underval uations at New York and Philadelphia have resulted In a vindication of the Invoices as well as the correctness of the classifications. The fact la the occasion of much congratu lation with the particular branch of the trade that has thus scored an advantage. LETTER FROM RON. A. O. BACON. He Formally Announce# Himself a Candidate for the Gubernatorial Nomination Before the Democratic Convention. Hon. Arthur H. Gray , Rhujqold, Ga. : Mr Deab Sir—l am in receipt of your valued favor of recent date, in which you make certain inquiries concerning my can didacy for the Gubernatorial nomination. I have received similar icquiries from other gentlemen, and I therefore respond to yours the more readily. It is the fight of the members Of tbe party to have all desired in forma*’on from me concerning myself in this connection. I have been during my whole public life an unwavering adherent of the Democratic party. I presume It goes without saving that my candidacy will be submitted to the decision of the State Convention of the partv, and that I will certainly abide its judgment, fairly made. I have no reason to" anticipate, and do not anticipate, that it will be made in any other way. It is due to myself to s*ate that, while 1 hold to the right of each member of the party to aspire to its favors, sill there may be circumstances when this individual right is with propriety surrendered. There are men in the State, whom, by reason of their age and distinguished position, I would not voluntarily antagonize: but when a position of candidacy has assumed by me months before any announcement or hint of an opposing candidacy by any of this class of venerable and distinguished citizens, the subsequent announcement of such cand!- danev on their part creates an antagonism for which I am in no wise responsible—an antagonism not created or sought by me, but which on the contrary has been thrust upon me, without the least recognition of any slight consideration of such priority on my part, and with evident disregard of,"and indifference to it. Party association is the voluntary act of the citizen, and must of necessity be based upon the full recognition of the perfect equality of all its members. It is the equal right of each member to aspire to the pre ferment of the party without waiting first to obtain the open or implied assent of any other member who may assume, directly or indirectly,jto grantor withhold his sanction. It is the correlative equal right of each member to determine for himself, according to his own best judgment, who are the pro per persons to receive his support for such preferment of the party, without the direc tion complied dictation of other members of the party, who may assume to shape its policy and to regulate and prescribe the bestowment of its favors. Republican government is especially de signed to take power away from the few and confide it to the many. Political par ties under our form of government must, within their legitimate sphere, hold this de sign as a fundamental principle. Political parties necessarily control governments. It has ever been so both in this country and in those of Europe that contain any element of popular government. Those deceive themselves, and dupe others, who dream of a government that shall ignore the iefluence and control of political parties. Such par ties flourish and fail, and for a time the dividing lines may be confused and indis tin ruishable, but the universal experience is that new parties immediately arise upon the ruins. If, therefore, po litical parties control governments, the control of such political parties bv one man, or a small number combined to gether, is directly subversive of this funda mental principle of republican government, which places power in the hands of the many and denies it to the favored ard grasping few. The most dangerous or ix reme power known to free government is tha* found in the bands of an Individual, or cabal, who succeed in subordinating the masses of the political party administering the government, and who use the p: wer of the party, thus given by those masses, to decrease the performance of their individual designs. It is destructive of the principles of free government; it is a practical opera tion of the worst fea’ures of despotic gov ernment; it is ignobly surrendering to one man or a cabal a royal power, while denying to them the dignity and responsibility of the kingly office. It matters not that the men thus seeking control may be good men or wise men. It is not the purpose or the interest of our people to concentrate all the good or all the wisdom in the favored few, but on the con trary it is that they should be diffused among the misses; and for one, I am not ready to take the power and responsibility of government from the people of all de grees to whom It of right belongs, and, In fac*, or in effect, place the royal purple upon any man or set of men, I care Dot bow wise and how good he or they may be. Nor does It avail that the Intent to dic tate and control Is disclaimed. If for any reason the Dower exists in an individual or a few combined individuals to exercise an undue and dispronortioned influence in the selection of an cfficer amounting almost to the decision of the choice to be made, and such power is exercised, the practical eifect upon the liberty of choice by the members of the party Is the same as if such power was exercised with the most despotic and tyrannical intent. Power begets power; power draws to itself other power, and before this combined power in dividual strength avails but little and fears to brave it. Aspirants for office hesitatingly wait its approval, and expect ants of future favor cower before its sltght es* menace. It is assumed that the masses will submit to its decrees, and when a de cision has been reached by the combined power in anticipation of such submission, it is confidently announced that the people favor the decision, when no opportunity has been had to ascertain their will. With such submission the party practically loses its freedom. With proper resistance such power will be destroyed, as were burst asunder the cords that the sleeping giant. Republican institutions, properly Edmin istered, are strongly conducive to the growth of character and the development of intellect. It is the theory of such insti tutions that a man’s advancement depends upon the success of his Individual effort, and that in proportion as hts integrity is conceded, and his capacity la recognised, in the same proportion raay he hope for preferment and honor. But when the party becomes an association whose only business Is to confirm the choice of a candidate made by the assumed leader of the party, the road to office will not lie through the domain of honorable emula tion for superior tpneea, but only through the favor af those who assume to dispense the honors of the party. Then will the young men, and the maturer men of the Democratic party of Georgia, these whose unfaltering fidelity to their people and their party redeemed the State from the despoilers, and who, In a decade of un tiring labor, have raised the State to her present point of political and financial pros perity, these men, who deserve well of their party and who have a right to aspire with confidence 1 1 the offices In the various de partments of the State, these men must either surrender all reasonable hope of offi cial preferment, or "crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, that thrift may follow fawaing.” I believe it is honorable for one to aspire In a legitimate way to office. I believe that, in a party of equals, It is the right of any member to’ prefer his claim for the oonsideration of the party, and that it Is the right of the party to con sider all claims so preferred, upon the merits of the candidates for their favor, without having their judgment and the expression of their preference hampered and fore stalled by the virtual dictation of those whom circumstances may make for the time the leaders of the party. The leaders of a party undoubtedly have a right to partici pate in making the selection of those who arc to be honored by It; but such participa tion should be as members, and not as com manders of the party. In this capacity alone can their support be legitimately sought, and in this capacity alone should their in fluence be allowed- I believe the cilice of Governor is the highest honor that the people of the Btate can confer on one of their fellow citizens. Th're are other offices of larger emolument, ‘he proper discharge of the duties of which Is less exacting and laborious, but there Is no other office within the gift of the people invested with such high and solemn respon sibilities affecting the material, social and political welfare of the Btate. In propor tion to the height of the honor thus con ferred should be the depth of the apprecia tion of him who receives It; and according to the mggnitude of the responsibilities ol the office, In the same measure should be the profound realijxtion of the obli ga lon imposed to devote all his ener gies, and to give his undivided lime and attention to the earnest discharge of its grave, varied and complicated duties, It is not an office of ornament, but of prac tical duties; it Is not one of esse, but of assiduous labor; and he who asks it at the hands of the people should do so with the fall knowledge that of right he should be held to the most rigid observance of all the obligations and duties of this high and solemn trust. I am, sir, yours very truly, A. O. Bacon. ■ —— I see that a young man in Newburgh,New York, bet $150,000 on four aces and subse quently discovered that the gentleman on his left had a straight flush. SVhat is the fare to Newburgh?— Gen. Schtnck. A Voice from the Prea*. I take this opportunity to bear testimony to the efficacy of your "Ilop Bitters.” Ex pecting to find them nauseous and bitter and composed of bad whisky, we were agreeably surprised at their mild taste, just like a cup of tea. A Mrs. CresswelT and a Mrs. Connor, friends, have likewise tried, and pronounce them the best medicine they have ever taken for building up strength and toning up the system. I was troubled with costiveness, headache and want of appetite. My ail ments are now all gone. I have a yearly contract with a doctor to look- after the health of myself and family, hot I need him not now. 8. Gilliland, People'* Advocate, Pittsburg, Pa, My 96, 1878. Seltsrr Aliment. TRIFLING WITH BILIOUSNESS WON T DO. In this way chronic disease is brought on. A disordered liver is the consequence of a foul stomach and obstructed bowels, and the very best preparation in existence to put them in perfect order and keep them so is TARRANT'S SELTZER APERIENT. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. SBincral l£atrr. Apollinaris “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.’' British ifjbisal ,'jumal. “ Tonic , Restorative, and Enliv ening.” Dr. Thilenius. “ Exhilarating, good for Loss oj Appetite.” P. Squire, Queen's Chemist. ANNUAL SALE, 10 MILLIONS. Of ail Grocers, Druggists, <t Min. Wat. Dealers. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Sttillurmt, Special Reductions FROM THIS DAY SPECIAL REDUCTIONS IN PRICES IN MILLINERY GOODS. TRIMMED HATS and BONNETS for Ladies and Children, FINE FRENCH FLOWERS. Ostri Plums aid Tips IN ALL COLORS. 2CO dozen Ladies’, Chil dren's and Gents’ HAND KERCHIEFS, In White and Colored Borders, at very low prices. 500 DOZEN Ladies' and Children’s Hosiery In Colors, at special bargain. WHITE GOODS in great variety. Good bar gains will be offered in every department from this day. H. C. HOUSTON, Infants’ dhSkS*** Infants’ Infants’°KS& , £s* Infants’ Infants’ Infants’ Infants’ ISggr Infants’ Infants’ Infants’ FANCY APRONS. FANCY APRONS. FANCY APRONS. For LADIES and CHILDREN. Caps & Aprons for Nurse, 2k ZEPHYRS, CREWELS. Knitting Cotton. A FULL ASSORTMENT OF g MTIiIiTYPRY BROUGHTON ST 168 -'illlLi.lLJl 1 BROUGHTON ST M 11.1.1 Y R R V BROUGHTON ST 168 JIILLIJ Hill I BROUGHTON ST MIMiIVTIHY BROUGHTON ST 168 ill 1 LilJ Till i BROUGHTON ST 168 W IT. I,T V ICK V BROUGHTON ST 168 JllLLldl LII I BROUGHTON ST l MILLINERY Irßcootos It MBS. KATE POWER’S, 168 BROUGHTON ST., SAVANNAH, GA. Excursion 2Utes. 833,00 -TO- NewYork&Return GOOD TO NOVEMBER Ist. MEALS AND STATEROOMS ON STEAMERS INCLUDED. • From Savannah via Charles ton, Wilmington, Weldon, Portsmouth, thence by the Elegant Steamships ot the Old Dominion Line to New York. PASSENGERS leaving Savannah SUNDAY, MONDAY. TUESDAY and FRID\Y at 4:00 p. m, arrive at Portsmouth MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, making close connection with steamers, arriv ing in New York the next evening. No Delay in Going or Returning. For tickets and further information apply to WM. BREN, 8. T. A., 22 Bull street, and Ticket Office S., F. and W. R’y Depot. S. C. BOYLSTON, G. P. A. Central Railroad and B a stung Cos. of Ga, t General Passenger Department, > Savannah, May 31st, 1882. ) Tbe Central Bailroid of &a. -WILL SELL EXCURSION TICKETS —TO THE— Summer Resorts Of North Georgia,Upper South Carolina, Fast Tennessee, Western North Carolina, the Virginia Springs, Morehead City, N. C., Old Point Com fort, Va , etc. Bates in efTocjt JUNE Ist, 1882. Tickets good to return until November Ist, 1882. For infor mation as to rates, routes, etc., apply at Cen tral Railroad Ticket Office. 127 Congress street. H. L. SCHREINER, Ticket Agent. GEO. A. WHITEHEAD, Gen’l Pass. Agent. Jruijs, <&u. Nary a Leader! Ulmer’s Liver Corrector 75 cents a bottle Dalmatian Insect Powder, true 63 cents a pound Gum Camphor, best 35 cents a pound Porous Plasters 10 cents each Seidliu Powders, full weight 30 cents a box Pure Cooking Soda 10 cents a pound Bird Beed, mixed or plain 10 cents a pound Ayer’s Hair Vigor 75 cents a bottle Hall's Hair Renewer 75 cents a bottle Kerosene, 120 degrees 10 cents a gallon Lamp Chimneys 5 cents each People know that druggists sell about the same goods; advertisements to beware of imi tations are meant to profit the advertiser. JoHnson cto 00., Broughton and Habersham streets. #Cf. KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in KENNEBEC ICE THIS ICE is highly recommended for table use on account of its purity. Any quantity delivered on short notice. NOTICE —One hundred and thirty-three five pound tickets for five dollars. DEPOT 144 BAY STREET. J. F. CAVANNAUGH, t Manager. PERBONS WISHING TO OPERATE IN STOCKS to the extent of SSO to SI,OOO or upwards.shoold write to Henry L. Kay mond & Cos. COMMISSION BTOCK BROKERS, No. 4 Fine street. New York. Stocks carried on 3 to 10 per cent, niargin. Fractional orders executed satisfactorily. Com plete information relating to Wall street i:mns acUons mailed free; also oar Weekly Financial Reports. Our junior partner is a mtinier of the Mining Stock Exchange, and orders for mining stocks will also receive special attention frti (Boods. MiMe as It lay Appear We assure the public that we mean just what we say, and will not disappoint anybody. We propose to Close out our entire Stock of Summer Goods 4 A.T ANY PRICE. FIIMtS PARASOLS. We offer the balance of these goods at the uni form price of §b each. These goods cost us from $S to sl2, and were sold at from 810 to 815. This is an excellent opportunity to get a nice article for a little money. We do not want to carry them oyer for next season, hence the sacrifice. NOW 8 l-3c„ FORMERLY 25c. 5,000 Yards of fine Shear Indian Lawn, we have reduced to 8 l-3c., as we are determined to make an end of it. M ARSEIIj3L.ES. We have a very large lot of these Goods, com prising in part this as well as last year’s purchases, which we desire above all to part with, and don’t mind how much we lose on it. Go it must, and go it shall, and that as quick as possible. Summer Dress Goods! Must also be got rid of, for we will not pack them away. It is a foolish policy to carry stock over from season to season. We have determined they must go, if not at one price, then at some price or at any price. DAVID WEISBEIN & CO. Hosifni. BEYOND TIIE SHADOW OF A DOUBT i ii. mm k m MSItS nmv SALE, Which has been the leading attraction last week, eclipsed anything heretofore in augurated in the city. The grand success which attended this sale has encouraged us to such an extent that we conclude to continue until SATURDAY NIGHT," when it positively will be closed. HOSIERY FOE LADIES. HOSIERY FOB GENTS. HOSIERY FOR CHILDREN. Comprise the line offered at bargains useless to mention. Come early and see for yourselves. PARASOLS AT COST. Prices have never been as low as we are offering at present PARASOLS AT COST. Soots anfl hocs. US m TO BE IN TIME! Therefore, Supply Yourselves NOW, Before Going to TIE MOUNTAINS OR SEASHORE, WITH Fine Saratoga Trunks! Good Leather Satchels! AND TflE FINEST & BEST SHOES Another Lot of Burt’s Fine Shoes Beceived. JOS. ROSENHEIM & CO., pie 2Me t (Hit. DELIGHTFUL and OOOXjIN Or FOR FAMILIES. FOR HOTELS. The Correct Thing to Drink in Summer. LIGHT Piiufnß 111. Finest English Ale in the Market. REFRESHING AND~iNvTGORATING. FREE FROM ALCOHOL. CANTRELL * COCHRANE’S DUBLIN AND BELFAST GINGER ALE AAR “CLUB SODA.” Beware of Imitations. SEE THAT THE CORK 13 BRANDED “CANTRELL & COCHRANE,”DUBLIN AND BELFAST. (gram aurt ffroristoas- COW PEAS. 250 bushels BLACK PEAS, 1,000 bushels CLAY PEAS, 200 bushels WHIP POORWILL or JAVA PEAS, 200 bushels other varieties. 5,000 bushels OATS. 5,000 bushels BALTIMORE WHITE CORN, 3,000 bushels MIXED CORN, 1,000 bales NORTHERN and EASTERN HAY. 40,000 pounds WHEAT BRAN. PEANUTS, GRITS, MEAL, FEED, etc. For sale low. T. P. BOKTD. SAWS’Curtis&Co. al tt W W ■ 811 to 819 North Second Street, St. Loot** Hf* liunlMtann oi every descript .'m of Circular, Mill, and ( rom-Cllt Snw.: V)nMi!MnCI *■: and Leather Belting, File*, .Mandrels, Cant Hooks, Saw (•uimnen, DgMankf *0 Saw and Planing Mill Supplies: Sola Manufacturer* of Lockwood** t*nr,kf -ff UMklaiSaw. EVERY SAW WARRANTED. IWCueful Utentioßtomririmt ApuMk W TANITE EMERY WHEELS a MA<SS£^' Gr Maw HlattEtMl Cauilogu mailed tree am npfdtrsTiirrij Wantfd. YV ANTKD.-A competent, reliable and sober traveling agent or eenerai clerk, in a cotton office or with a wholesale house. Reference. Address R. H„ News office, CM ’ TITANTED, a dancing master to go to the Box 9, c2E27a? ** Addreß? P ’ °- V\ T ANTED, telegraph operator, young lad ** competent to take charge of a country offiM for board and small wages. Address P Q. Box 86. Savannah, Ga. \\7 ANTED TO RENT, a suit of rooms, p * O ’ With priTiiei?e of baU >- Address WANTED 1-oan Association Stock—Pu _ . T T laski, Savannah. Railroad. Chatham and Southern. Apply to R. B. REPPARD. No “j Bay street. ... VV A7>TED, Agents in every pcriion of the V v United States by The Universal Benevo lent Association of California for Unmarried Persons. Office, 1,023 Mission street, San Fran, cisco, Cal. Plans original. Now features dowment certain. Not speculative, sfi tea-. nages paid in 60 days. Bonds recorded Refer ences given. Correspondence solicited for agents and members. Opportunity of a life time for agents. Outfit free. Send stamps for terms and Marriage Ins. Journal Ortifl cates SI,OOO and sf,oou. Dowries paid Withm 60 days of marriage. Mention paper. ANTED.- " ’ 500,000 DRAWN CYPRESS SHINGLES, 250,000 t x2O. 250,000 7x24. D. a BACON & CO. £or TO RENT. Store under Screven House. An. ply at SCREVEN HOUSE OFFICE. TO RENT, from Ist of Octet, r next, the hall and third floor of St. Andrew’s Hall, cor ner Jefferson and Broughton streets. Will make a fine stand for a jobbing trade, or for clubs, concerts, etc. By IsAAC D. LaROCHE. 168 Bay street. .for Sale. TT'OR SALE, a six-horse Engine and Boiler. It -T is almost tew and in first-class order ready for service. J. H. ESTILL, 3 Whitaker street. Savannah. OTS, BUILDING LOTS.-A few choice Building Lots for sale, south of Anderson street, three minutes’ walk from Barnard Street Railroad, by 8. F. KLINE. ' strayed. STRAYED OR STOLEN, a valuable large Setter Deg; white, brown ears and brown marks, scald on hip. A reward will be paid for his return to 13 East Broad street. Any person secreting same will be prosecuted. i ffoard. I> CARD.—Strangers visiting New Y'ork can > find pleasant rooms and good he me table at 455 W. z3d street. iurnishitm goods. LaFA FL 21 BOLL STREET. Fashionable Hatter & Furnisher KEEPS the finest selection of HaTS in Sa vannah. All the new styles. Children's and Boys’ HATS and CAPS. entlemen’s SILK and CASSIMERE HATS. Having a fine Conformator, we take special orders for Silk and Stiff Hats A fit guaranteed. SILK CAPS for travelers and evening use. White and Colored SILK GLOVES. MILI TARY GLOVES. HAMMOCKS, both the New American and Mexican Grass. Fine U*>ES COLLARS and CUFFS-Ear! & Wilson’a CELLULOID COLLARS and CUFFS. The ARGOSY ’ ROLLER” SUSPENDER, the most comfortable worn; no elastic, no pulling off of buttons. Gents' SILK POCKET HAND KERCHIEFS. all varieties and styles. Fine DRESS SHIRTS, White and Colored. Special orders taken from measurement. A fit war ranted or no sale SILK UMBRELLAS, AL PACA UMBRELLAS; all size < and colors. The “COLUMBIA” t.IN ,iiAM UMBKELLA, the only fast color umbrella made, run nor rain won’t fade it NECKTIES and SCARFS; all new styles in Windsor. Peerless, DeJonville and others. Each purchaser to the amount of $2 50 CASH lias a chance in the drawing of J uly 3d pros - >SO given away. L.aFAR, 23 BULL STREET, SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. N. B.—Orders for Military, Knights Templar and Society goods generally are solicited. La FAR. iTijbfc Sdufluh. TYBEERODTE. The Steamer St, Nicholas Leaves wharf foot Lincoln street daily for Tybee as follows, for passengers and freight; SUNDAYS. From Savannah. 10 a. m., 2:SO and 6 p. V. From Tybee 7 a. m, 12 m., 4 and 7:30 p. m. MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. From Savannah 6 p. u. From Tybee 7 a. m. TUESDAYB, THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS From Savannah 10 a m. and 6 p. m. From Tybee 7 a. m. and 4 P. M. FAMILY EXCURSIONS TUESDAYS,THURS DAYS and SATURDAYS. The cars will meet boat every trip at Tybee wharf. Tramway tickets must be bought at office on the wharf in Savannah. Fare, including Tram way, 65c. Street Kailroafls. COAST LINE RAILROAD.^ SUBURBAN SCHEDULE TO BONAVENTURE AND THUNDERBOLT. WEEK DAYS. ' OUTWAHU. | INWARD. LEAVE LKAVS I.KAVE SAVANNAH. THUNDERBOLT. BONA VENTIBE. 6:55 A M. 7:15 A. M. 7:25 a. u. 9:SO a. M. 10:40 a. v. 10:50 a. m. 10:40 a. m. 12:50 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 3:35 P. M. 4:20 P. M. 4:30 p. M. 4:20 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:10 p. M. 5:00 p. M. 6:00 p. m. 6:10 p. M. 7:00 p, m. 7:40 p. m. 7-50 p. M Cars leave West Broad street every twelve minutes from 6:13 a. M. until 8:37 p. m., and late cars at S:ls and 10 r. M„ and Saturday nights at 10:30. M. J. DESVERGERS, Superintendent. (grain and grorisions. BAY, CORN, OATS, BRAS, CORN PEAB, GEORGIA PEANUTS, TENNES SEE PEANUTS, VIRGINIA PEANUTS, Lemons, Cabbages, ONIONS. VINEGAR, etc., for sale by P. H. WARD & CO., SAVANNAH. GA. GEORGE SCHLEY, (Successor to J W. SCHLEY A CO.), WHOLESALE DEALER Uf Hay, drain and Provisions, 172 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. I CALL the attention of my country and city friends to my large and assorted stocks of CORN, HAY, OATS, BRAN. BACON and FLOUR. All orders will receive immediate attention. Inquiries promptly answered. J. H. PARKER, COMISSIM Hill, 140 PEAHL ST.. NEW YOKE. Consignments of Cotton, Naval Stores and other Pro duce solicited. Executes ordersforthe purchase and sale of Future Contracts in the Cotton and Produce Exchanges. ffafcti) goxrs. Hails Hill Bal SAFETY BOXES, TpOR safe-keeping of BONDS, VALUABLE J* PAPERS, JEWELBY, etc., in the Fire Burglar-proof Vault of this Bank, for rent. Apply to THOMAS GADSDEN, cashier. giattog and fltflatts. nrXTV’C Organs. 27 stops. S9O; P^ ll ®? □t A I I I 3*297 50. Factory running dav and *i*rht- Catalogue free. Address BEATTY. Washington, N. J.